PDR® Announces EHR Network of 75,000 Prescribers...and Growing

MONTVALE, N.J., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PDR Network today announced a new milestone for their Electronic Health Record (EHR) network—strategic partnerships signed with 18 leading EHR Vendors representing approximately 75,000 EHR prescribers as well as more than a quarter of a million additional end users. These partners include:

• Amazing Charts.com Inc.              
• athenahealth, Inc.
• Conceptual Mindworks, Inc. (Sevocity)
• Connexin Software, Inc. (Office Practicum)
• e-MD Inc.
• Emdeon/Medifax-EDI, LLC
• Emerald Health, LLC
• First Medical Solutions Corp.
• Greenway Medical Technologies Inc.
• iCare.com, LLC
• iChartsMD, LLC
• iPatientCare/Medical Communication Systems, Inc.
• ManagementPlus
• Meditab Software Inc.
• Office Ally, LLC
• OmniMD (Omni EHR)
• SuiteMed, LLC
• Workflow.com, LLC

PDR Network delivers critical drug information to prescribers via EHRs offering unique opportunities to help ensure successful and safe therapy from the moment a medication is prescribed. EHRs representing over 200,000 more prescribers are in contract negotiations to join PDR's drug safety and medication adherences network.

"We are pleased to have earned the trust and confidence of these innovative EHR companies who have already been successful in improving prescriber workflow before, during and after the patient encounters using PDR's services," said Andrew Gelman, Senior Vice President-Corporate Development & EHR Vendor Relations, PDR Network. "By integrating PDR's technology platform, our EHR partners are able to leverage PDR's drug information and safety expertise to provide maximum value to the physician and patient in the exam room and at the point of prescribing. PDR Network and our EHR partners are committed to improving drug and patient safety while reducing provider liability."

PDR Network's EHR partners will become "PDR Certified", an independent certification program that fulfills the FDA's goals for EHRs including:

1.    Ensuring that full and up-to-date FDA-approved labeling is available in all EHRs,
2.    Delivering time-sensitive drug alerts, warnings and REMS programs at the point of ePrescribing,
3.    Integrating adverse drug event reporting into EHRs and other health IT systems, and;
4.    Providing better quality drug information and adherence tools for patients.

PDR projects strong growth in the number of physicians and other prescribers reached with these critical drug services—both through increases in the user-base of current EHR partners and through the addition of new EHR partners to the network.

About the PDR Certified Program 

The iHealth Alliance in collaboration with PDR Network has developed the PDR Certified program to recognize EHRs that meet minimum drug safety standards. For more information on the PDR Certified program, please visit, www.PDRcertified.org.

About PDR Network

PDR Network, LLC is the leading distributor of FDA-approved drug labeling, safety and REMS information, as well as medication adherence and product support programs, through Physicians' Desk Reference^® ("PDR") suite of print and digital services. PDR Network provides innovative products and services to deliver industry-leading content across channels, including PDR.net^®, mobilePDR^®, PDR^®3D™ and directly through its extensive network of electronic health record partners. For more information, visit www.pdrnetwork.com.

Press Contact:

Thomas Eck 
PDR Network 
(201) 358-7424 
[email protected] 

SOURCE PDR Network