QHR Product Ideas

When we write narcotic prescriptions, we want to give our patients 3-6 months of supply, but not to be released all on the same date due to safety concerns.  Some patients have monthly releases, some have weekly releases, some have daily releases.  There is no automated way to incorporate this into opioid prescriptions easily.  Also, when writing narcotics, you cannot tell how long the supply will last until the prescription is finished and displayed.  Then, when you discover the start date is too early or too late, you have to start all over again on the prescription.  It would be nice to tell the program "hydromorph contin 6mg po BID", enter "supply needed to last until June 3, 2018, and the program would calculate the days and # of pills required.  Narcotic prescriptions are VERY labor intensive because all of these details have to be taken into account.  The power of computing to help would be greatly appreciated, and due to the huge national problem with opiate abuse, it would be a great project for QHR to tackle.  Another idea would be to create a way to fascilitate easy, automated communication with pharmacies to investigate narcotic questions eg secure texting or email directly to pharmacies "I have a urine test positive for fentanyl, and I have not prescribed this.  Can you please tell me if any other doctor has ever prescribed my patient fentanyl now or in the past?"   Or "can you please tell me if you have any prescriptions for narcotics for my patient written by other doctors?"