The software product mentioned in this medwatch report may not be, by definition, a medical device; however, cerner has chosen to file this medwatch report in order to voluntarily notify the fda of a malfunction associated with this software product.The company's filing of this medwatch report does not signify cerner's belief or understanding that medical device reports are required to be filed for products such as cerner's millennium power orders® and power plans® nor are these products currently actively regulated by the fda.This report documents information related to an issue identified with functionality included in cerner's millennium power orders® and power plans® eprescribe¿ hub functionality.The issue impacts users who send prescriptions electronically to pharmacies from the cerner eprescribing hub between (b)(6) 2021.New prescriptions submitted electronically may not be routed to pharmacies if the prescription order contains a real time prescription benefits (rtpb) response id with the prefix cmm.The status for these messages is displayed as delivered to pharmacy and the system does not notify the ordering physician that the prescription was not successfully sent.Patient care may be affected if a prescription does not reach the intended pharmacy and patients are unable to take their medication as prescribed.Cerner has not received communication on any adverse patient events as a result of this issue.
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