Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. announced the launch of an updated Android version of its proprietary electronic prescribing application, known as MTBC iRx. Adverse drug reactions are one of the leading causes of death in the United States.

Incorrectly prescribed drugs cause otherwise avoidable hospitalization and serious injury to millions of patients. Providers who leverage MTBC iRx avoid many of the primary root causes, such as illegible handwriting, incorrect dosage specifications and drug-drug/drug-disease reactions that result in such injury and hospitalization. MTBC iRx also enables providers to avoid Medicare penalties and earn meaningful use incentives.

MTBC iRx allows providers to do all of the following right from their mobile devices: Submit prescriptions directly to pharmacies; Approve or deny refill requests; Receive automatic adverse interaction warnings; View patient chart summaries; Add patient accounts; Make outgoing calls to patients and pharmacies directly from within the app. MTBC iRx is available for download from Google Play for over 428 Android devices.