What is Electronic Prescribing? 

The Electronic Prescribing initiative is a Defense Health Agency, Pharmacy Operation Division project that allows civilian providers to electronically transmit prescriptions to military treatment facility pharmacies. This change brings the MHS into alignment with the e-Prescribing Meaningful Use Requirements and also addresses the growing number of civilian providers who utilize electronic prescribing as their only means of generating a prescription.

MTF Pharmacies that Accept Electronic Prescriptions from Civilian Providers

Why Choose Electronic Prescribing? 

Medication Safety and Efficient Service

• Reduce the chance of transcription errors due to illegible handwritten prescriptions
• Reduce the likelihood of losing a handwritten prescription in transit
• Reduce the need to call the provider’s office for clarification about the prescription
• Electronic prescriptions are transmitted securely from the provider’s office to the pharmacy

Beneficiary Convenience and Cost Savings

• Electronic prescriptions are sent directly to the pharmacy, eliminating the need to wait in line to drop-off paper prescriptions, a potential trip saver
• Direct delivery of an electronic prescription from the provider's office to the MTF pharmacy may reduce beneficiary's wait time based on the pharmacy workflow and workload
• Prescriptions picked-up from an MTF pharmacy have $0 copay

How To Get Started

Providers can:

• Start sending electronic prescription to military pharmacies in US, Guam, and Puerto Rico immediately
• Educate beneficiaries on the benefits of electronic prescriptions using the Provider's Flyer
• Search for military pharmacies by using the DOD adopted naming standard "DOD SITE NAME PHARMACY" (all MTF ePharmacies starts with "DOD" and are published by Surescripts^® electronic prescribing network)
• Learn more about electronic prescribing to military pharmacies using the Provider Overview Flyer

Beneficiaries can:

• Ask your doctor to send your prescription electronically to one of the military pharmacies
• Ask your MTF pharmacy about their participation with electronic prescribing
• Ask your MTF pharmacy to complete the Beneficiary Flyer (Full Sheet) or Beneficiary Flyer (Half Sheet) and share with your provider