In order to comply with the 2011 e-prescribing mandate and improve patient safety, Boston Medical Center has purchased Kryptiq's eScriptMessenger (eSM).

The purchase is the largest eSM order to date.

"We required an e-prescribing solution that enabled us to meet looming federal mandates, improve patient safety and increase the productivity of our users," said Meg Aranow, chief information officer of Boston Medical Center. "eScriptMessenger met all these needs without compromise."

BMC is a private, not-for-profit, 582-bed academic medical center located in Boston's South End. The hospital is the primary teaching affiliate for the Boston University School of Medicine and is the largest safety net hospital in New England.

eSM will allow BMC prescribers to securely send prescriptions from within GE's Centricity EMR directly to retail pharmacy computers using the secure Pharmacy Health Information Exchange.

The Pharmacy Health Information Exchange, operated by SureScripts, is the largest network to link electronic communications between pharmacies and physicians, allowing the electronic exchange of prescription information.

eSM will also help BMC meet the requirements of the Medicaid tamper-resistant prescription pad rule, currently scheduled for implementation by October 2008, which will be needed in order for Medicaid outpatient drugs to be reimbursed by the federal government.

"Kryptiq has become the leader in e-prescribing for the GE Centricity market because of our understanding of physician workflow," said Luis Machuca, president and CEO of Kryptiq. "As federal mandates place additional cost and complexities on paper-based prescribing, the move to eScriptMessenger becomes even more compelling."