Electronic prescription generation and delivery

Purpose

1.1. Automate the creation and electronic delivery of pediatric ophthalmology prescriptions directly to pharmacies, reducing manual documentation time, eliminating transcription errors, and ensuring compliance with medical and legal standards.
1.2. Achieves automated records management, patient care continuity, and fast prescription fulfillment for pediatric patients by integrating the EMR system with pharmacy networks, notification channels, and archival solutions.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Finalized diagnosis entered in patient chart by pediatric ophthalmologist.
2.2. Patient visit (in-person or telehealth) is marked as complete and prescription is indicated as required.
2.3. Lab or imaging results received triggering treatment protocol.
2.4. Scheduled follow-up prescription renewal date arrives.

Platform Variants

3.1. DrChrono
• API: /prescriptions endpoint for e-prescription push; configure OAuth2 and patient ID reference.
3.2. Athenahealth
• Function: Orders API; set up automated prescription order on new encounter completion.
3.3. Cerner OPENLink
• API: writePrescriptions; link to diagnostic codes and provider signature.
3.4. Epic App Orchard
• Feature: FHIR MedicationRequest; automate on "visit close" webhook event.
3.5. Allscripts
• API: ePrescribe SOAP; script automated XML payload on prescription creation.
3.6. Practice Fusion
• Setting: Rest API eRx; automate through POST request when encounter finalized.
3.7. Meditech Expanse
• Function: ProcessBuilder for prescription order creation; schedule via HL7 triggers.
3.8. Surescripts
• API: Prescription Routing (NewRx); configure for automatic electronic pharmacy delivery.
3.9. Health Gorilla
• API: ePrescribe Clinical Gateway; set up automation on prescription event.
3.10. Microsoft Power Automate
• Flow: Connector for Outlook and EHR to automate prescription and pharmacy email notifications.
3.11. Zapier
• Trigger: Webhook (new prescription event); Action: Gmail/Slack/Google Drive for notification/archive.
3.12. Twilio
• API: Programmable SMS; automate prescription ready SMS alert to caregiver.
3.13. SendGrid
• API: Automated email PDF dispatch to patient's pharmacy or caregiver.
3.14. DocuSign
• Feature: Automated prescription signature workflow using eSignature API.
3.15. Box
• Setting: Auto-upload prescription record to HIPAA-compliant storage upon generation.
3.16. Google Cloud Healthcare API
• API: FHIR Store; automate secure and structured prescription archiving.
3.17. AWS HealthLake
• API: Data Import Automation for real-time prescription storage and search.
3.18. Salesforce Health Cloud
• Trigger: Case automation for pediatric prescriptions; automate referral or follow-up CRM tasks.
3.19. Redox Engine
• API: Data model sync; automate eRx events between EHR and pharmacy networks.
3.20. HL7 Integration Engines (e.g., Mirth Connect)
• Setting: Channel for automated HL7 ORC^RXO message flows to pharmacy EDI systems.
3.21. IBM Watson Health
• API: Automated prescription validation and drug interaction check APIs pre-delivery.
3.22. Intercom
• Feature: Automated chatbot response to caregiver queries about e-prescription status.

Benefits

4.1. Automates the full prescription workflow, reducing clinician workload and human error.
4.2. Automated delivery to pharmacy vastly accelerates patient medication access.
4.3. Ensures compliance and auditability by automatedly recording every prescription action.
4.4. Automating notification keeps caregivers informed and boosts patient satisfaction.
4.5. System interoperability is enhanced by automatable integration across EHRs, pharmacy, and communication tools.
4.6. Enables automators to customize pediatric ophthalmology workflows with automation logic that supports ongoing prescription renewals and compliance needs.