# DrFirst

> DrFirst supplies healthcare software that connects prescribing, medication history, insurance benefits, prior authorization and patient prescription engagement. Its standalone and embedded tools serve clinicians, hospitals, pharmacies and electronic health record vendors, with AI used to turn fragmented medication information into usable clinical data.

- **Founded:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** Arlington, United States
- **Founders:** James F. Chen (Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board)
- **Products:** Rcopia, iPrescribe, EPCS Gold, MedHx, SmartSig / clinical-grade AI
- **Notable:** Company-reported Covenant HealthCare result: 89.2% reduction in medication-history errors., 2026 KLAS Points of Light Award with Humana., Listed among TIME’s World’s Top HealthTech Companies of 2025.

## Products & services

- **Rcopia** — Flagship electronic prescribing platform with medication history, clinical alerts, benefit visibility and patient engagement.
- **iPrescribe** — Mobile and desktop prescribing subscriptions; Mobile lists $30 and Practice $50 per license per month, billed annually, as checked October 1, 2026. Enterprise pricing is custom.
- **EPCS Gold** — Electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
- **MedHx** — Medication history assembled from network, pharmacy, payer and health information exchange data.
- **SmartSig / clinical-grade AI** — Converts free-text prescription instructions to structured fields and infers missing details when safe.
- **RxInform** — Prescription notifications with education, savings and reminders; redesigned interface released in March 2026.
- **myBenefitCheck** — Patient-specific real-time prescription benefit and cost information.
- **Gadget / NewRx Insights** — Prescription orchestration and structured payer-provider medication recommendations inside prescribing workflows.
- **Unified electronic prior authorization** — Pharmacy and medical PA workflow with AI-assisted form completion and clinician review.
- **Backline** — Secure healthcare communication and care collaboration software.
- **System migrations** — AI-assisted medication data conversion between health information systems.

## Achievements

- Company-reported Covenant HealthCare result: 89.2% reduction in medication-history errors.
- 2026 KLAS Points of Light Award with Humana.
- Listed among TIME’s World’s Top HealthTech Companies of 2025.
- 2023 Edison Awards Gold recognition, reported in the Myndshft acquisition announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — AI-assisted PA launch: company pilot reports 63% of PBM question sets populated without clinician edits; median open-to-submit time 49 seconds.
- **2026-06** — Elation Health partnership makes RxInform available to its EHR clinicians.
- **2026-06** — Humana and DrFirst receive KLAS Points of Light Award for NewRx Insights.
- **2026-03** — Redesigned RxInform reportedly increases interactions 30% in phased testing.
- **2026-01** — Company announces peer-reviewed heart-failure SMS study published December 31, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://drfirst.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drfirst
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/drfirst
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrFirst
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drfirst_inc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrFirstInc/

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Last updated: 2026-10-01