Houston, Texas (2-17-2012): NewCrop, LLC, announced the completion and availability of their comprehensive electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) software solution, NewCrop-EPCS. This culminates an 18 month project, beginning with the release of Drug Enforcement Agencies requirements in June 2010.
DEA’s mandate for non-repudiation of electronic prescriptions for controlled substances necessitated a complex foundation of NIST level 3 requirements for registration, authentication, authorization, and legally enforceable digital signatures. NewCrop’
“Our goal was to meet the complex DEA mandates, yet provide doctors with a transparent prescribing workflow,” said Lawrence Susnow, M.D., President and Chief Medical Officer. “NewCrop-EPCS accomplishes this: doctors can now bring the patient safety and efficiency of electronic prescribing to all narcotics and other scheduled drugs.”
“Of equal importance, NewCrop-EPCS is designed to be easily integrated with a wide variety of EMRs and networks,” said Craig Wagener, Chief Information Officer, NewCrop LLC. “Each has the choice of utilizing our self-installing user interface or of using our data services to seamlessly incorporate individual components into their existing workflow. With final approval from the Surescripts pharmacy network, we will now begin our nation-wide roll out.”
McGladrey Accounting Services completed the mandated assessment of NewCrop-EPCS against the requirements of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA’s) Interim Final Rule on EPCS for software solution vendors.
“At McGladrey, we understand the value of effective compliance assessment services in an ever-changing and complex regulatory environment. DEA and EPCS is a case in point,” said Doug Underwood, a principal with McGladrey. “We are proud to have confirmed that NewCrop has created all needed controls to provide their e-prescription services to their many clients and prescribing doctors.”
Added Joe Benfatti, Director, McGladrey Technology Risk Advisory Services, “we were pleased to participate in this early-to-market EPCS product release. Furthermore, NewCrop’s modular approach allows an accelerated DEA certification process since we will have already assessed much of the technology. We look forward to assisting NewCrop’s many current and new customers as they quickly roll out EPCS nation-wide.”
NewCrop-EPCS is now available for evaluation, installation and use nation-wide. It is utilized in 150+ EMRs currently using NewCrop services. It can be easily added as a module to any installed prescribing infrastructure. NewCrop welcomes inquiries from EMRs and INs interested in EPCS or other prescribing services. 888-609-
About NewCrop
NewCrop LLC provides electronic prescribing systems, delivered over the Internet and designed for incorporation into other electronic medical records and other medical systems. All features are available as a comprehensive user interface or, via data services, as individual components such as the new EPCS module. To learn more about NewCrop please visit www.newcroprx.com.
About McGladrey
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NewCrop LLC provides electronic prescribing systems, delivered over the Internet and designed for incorporation into other electronic medical records and other medical systems. All features are available as a comprehensive user interface or, via data services, as individual components such as the new EPCS module. To learn more about NewCrop please visit www.newcroprx.com.
