In healthcare, even small mistakes can have serious consequences—and medication errors remain one of the most preventable threats to patient safety. From incorrect dosages to overlooked allergies, the risks are real and often rooted in outdated or inefficient prescribing processes.

Modern e-prescribing software plays a critical role in reducing these risks. But not all platforms offer the same level of protection. With its built-in safety features, compliance tools, and provider-first design, ScriptSure helps practices confidently prescribe with fewer errors and greater oversight.

The Scope of the Medication Error Problem

Medication errors are a widespread issue across the healthcare landscape:

• The FDA receives over 100,000 reports of suspected medication errors annually.
• The Institute of Medicine estimates that 1.5 million preventable adverse drug events occur in the U.S. each year.
• Many of these errors are tied to manual processes—handwriting, verbal miscommunication, and incomplete medication histories.

Regulatory bodies have responded with increased focus on eprescribing compliance, especially for controlled substances. Practices need secure, intelligent systems that minimize risk at every step.

How ScriptSure Actively Reduces Medication Errors

Here’s how ScriptSure’s design and functionality help providers deliver safer, more reliable prescribing.

1. Drug Interaction & Allergy Alerts in Real Time

One of ScriptSure’s most critical features is its clinical decision support engine, which performs safety checks as you prescribe:

1. Alerts for drug-to-drug and drug-to-allergy interactions
2. Warnings for duplicate therapies or excessive dosages
3. Provider-configurable settings to reduce alert fatigue while still flagging high-risk issues

These tools serve as a second set of eyes—catching mistakes before they ever reach the pharmacy.

2. Structured Medication Entry

Handwritten and free-text prescriptions leave too much room for error. ScriptSure’s system:

1. Auto-fills dosage, form, frequency, and route based on best practices
2. Reduces manual input with smart defaults
3. Ensures prescriptions meet pharmacy requirements on the first try

Fewer variables mean fewer mistakes—and faster fulfillment.

3. Access to Patient Medication History

Knowing what’s already been prescribed is vital to making safe clinical decisions. ScriptSure provides:

1. Real-time access to active and past prescriptions
2. Insight into potential overlaps, duplications, or abandoned therapies
3. Streamlined renewal workflows with fewer surprises

This history helps providers avoid overprescribing or repeating ineffective treatments.

4. Secure, Compliant Controlled Substance Workflows (EPCS)

Controlled substances present a unique risk—and are tightly regulated. ScriptSure offers full EPCS (Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances) capabilities:

1. Multi-factor authentication for prescriber identity verification
2. DEA-compliant transmission and logging
3. Access controls and audit trails for every controlled substance prescription

This ensures that only authorized providers can prescribe these medications—and that all activity is traceable and compliant.

5. Refill Management with Built-In Safeguards

Many errors happen not with new prescriptions, but during renewals. ScriptSure helps prevent this by:

1. Automating refill request workflows
2. Notifying providers of expired, outdated, or overfilled prescriptions
3. Reducing the risk of medication stacking or missed follow-ups

It’s a smarter way to manage the entire medication lifecycle.

6. Designed for Real-World Clinical Use

Perhaps most importantly, ScriptSure is easy to use—because a safety tool only works if your team actually uses it. The platform was built with provider input to:

1. Reduce click fatigue and eliminate cluttered screens
2. Offer support without interrupting workflow
3. Make safe prescribing the path of least resistance

Whether you're a solo provider or managing a multi-clinician team, ScriptSure helps keep your focus where it belongs—on the patient.

ScriptSure = Safer Prescriptions by Design

Medication errors are avoidable. But avoiding them takes more than checklists and good intentions—it requires secure e-prescribing solutions that guide providers toward safer choices at every step.

With ScriptSure, patient safety is not an add-on—it’s built into the DNA of the platform.

Want to see how ScriptSure improves safety in your workflow? Request a Demo of Our Secure E-Prescribing Platform