RxWiki: Digital refill requests on the rise

AUSTIN, Texas — New numbers from ehealth company RxWiki’s Digital Pharmacist platform is revealing new information about how patients refill their prescriptions. 

 

About 40% of patients who use one of RxWiki’s 1,300 private-label mobile apps and websites do so outside of traditional business hours, and about 20% do so after 9 p.m. Timing aside, the company’s data also indicates that digital refills among community pharmacies in March were up 1,262% over March 2015, and the first week of April saw a record number of digital refill requests at pharmacies using the Digital Pharmacist platform. 

 

“RxWiki's Digital Pharmacist platform is helping community pharmacies compete against national pharmacy chains,” RxWiki CEO Chris Loughlin said. “Patients can now engage with their community pharmacy's content and order prescription refills 24/7.”