Comments on: Charting the next steps for e-prescribing policy http://www.eprescribing.org/charting-the-next-steps-for-e-prescribing-policy/ All about e-prescribing software Wed, 26 May 2010 20:55:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: George Getty III http://www.eprescribing.org/charting-the-next-steps-for-e-prescribing-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-255 George Getty III Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:17:51 +0000 http://www.eprescribing.org/?p=106#comment-255 Alan, That's an excellent point. Finding or creating software that is easy to use is a key part of a successful e-prescribing deployment. I would also say that training is important as well - so that people become comfortable with the system before they have to use it. Thanks for your feedback, George Alan,
That’s an excellent point.

Finding or creating software that is easy to use is a key part of a successful e-prescribing deployment. I would also say that training is important as well – so that people become comfortable with the system before they have to use it.

Thanks for your feedback,
George

]]> By: Alan http://www.eprescribing.org/charting-the-next-steps-for-e-prescribing-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Alan Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:51:12 +0000 http://www.eprescribing.org/?p=106#comment-254 "They cited the Southeastern Michigan e-Prescribing Initiative (SEMI), which suggested that for every $5 spent on incentives, $1 should be invested on user training and education." It always comes down to training when software is complex and difficult to use. Instead of spending that dollar on training get out into the field to get feedback from users to improve the user interface so that training is not needed. The end users already know how to prescribe and that knowledge just needs to be transferred to the software so that the transition from paper to e-prescribing is seamless. “They cited the Southeastern Michigan e-Prescribing Initiative (SEMI), which suggested that for every $5 spent on incentives, $1 should be invested on user training and education.”

It always comes down to training when software is complex and difficult to use. Instead of spending that dollar on training get out into the field to get feedback from users to improve the user interface so that training is not needed. The end users already know how to prescribe and that knowledge just needs to be transferred to the software so that the transition from paper to e-prescribing is seamless.

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