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Press resources

Cited facts, available spokespeople, and pre-written quotes for journalists covering the May 29, 2026 PrescribeIT shutdown and the May 1, 2026 FreedomRx retirement. Page updated 2026-05-15.

Email press desk → News brief: PrescribeIT shutdown →
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How to reach us

Email
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Same-business-day reply. Subject prefix "Press inquiry" routes to the operational lead.

Operating company

AutoRx Solutions Inc. — Canadian-owned. Independent of Canada Health Infoway, TELUS Health, QHR Technologies, and Loblaw Companies.

Disambiguation note: not affiliated with getautorx.app, US-based "AutoRx" services, or any car-care business using the AutoRx name.

Key facts

Cited statistics — verified 2026-05-15

Every fact below has a primary source you can verify. We re-verified each link against the original page on the date above.

PrescribeIT shutdown date

Source verified 2026-05-15

11:59 PM EST · May 29, 2026

Source: Canada Health Infoway (PrescribeIT FAQ)

FreedomRx retirement date

Source verified 2026-05-15

May 1, 2026 (28 days before PrescribeIT)

Source: QHR Technologies / Loblaw Companies

National e-prescribing open standard

Source verified 2026-05-15

Published May 1, 2026 by Canada Health Infoway; vendor adoption expected over 6–18 months

Source: Alberta College of Pharmacy notice

Federal investment in PrescribeIT

Source verified 2026-05-15

More than $250 million since 2017

Source: The Globe and Mail (2026)

PrescribeIT adoption rate

Source verified 2026-05-15

Fewer than 5% of Canadian prescriptions ever flowed through the service

Source: The Globe and Mail (2026)

$0.20 pharmacy fee impact

Source verified 2026-05-15

Introduced in 2025; 65% of 1,300 Canadian pharmacists surveyed by the Canadian Pharmacists Association in 2024 said they would stop using PrescribeIT if a fee was added

Source: Canadian Healthcare Network (citing CPhA survey)

Alberta TPP Type 1 reversion

Source verified 2026-05-15

Effective May 30, 2026, TPP Type 1 prescriptions revert to physical secure prescription pads

Source: Alberta College of Pharmacy

For attribution

Pre-written quotes

These are pre-cleared for direct quotation. Use as-is or paraphrase. If you need a custom quote on a specific angle, email the press desk and we'll respond same-business-day.

"May 29 is not a soft landing. Most Canadian community pharmacies will see prescriptions revert to fax overnight — and a typical store going from automated intake to manual entry adds 5 to 8 hours of staff time per day. Until vendors implement the new Infoway open standard, that fax surge is the lived reality of the transition."
— Replace PrescribeIT operations team
"The story isn't the PrescribeIT shutdown itself — it's the gap between the shutdown and vendor adoption of the new open prescribing standard. That gap is months, not weeks. Pharmacies and clinics that wait are betting their staffing model on a vendor roadmap they don't control."
— Replace PrescribeIT operations team
"The $0.20-per-prescription fee that helped collapse PrescribeIT adoption is a cautionary tale about charging for the connective tissue of healthcare workflow. Whatever replaces PrescribeIT — whether it's vendor implementations of the Infoway open standard or third-party automation — the per-transmission fee model is now politically toxic."
— Replace PrescribeIT operations team
Available for interview

Spokespeople

Roles below are available for interview. Specific names and headshots will be added as team alignment finalises (per project disclosure policy — we don't publish names without explicit team sign-off).

Operational lead, Replace PrescribeIT

Expertise

Canadian pharmacy workflow, fax-surge operational impact on Kroll pharmacies, EMR-side transmission landscape (OSCAR Pro, Accuro QHR, TELUS PS Suite, Microquest, WELL Health), the Canadian regulatory framework around the May 29 shutdown.

Availability

On request, English. Phone or video. Same-business-day reply.

AutoRx pharmacy product lead

Expertise

Technical detail on AI prescription intake into Kroll, on-premise vs cloud deployment trade-offs, pharmacist verification workflow, accuracy / error-rate framing, the difference between automation and AI dispensing.

Availability

On request, English. Video preferred for technical questions.

Our editorial coverage

News briefs and analysis on this site

We publish editorial briefs on the topics below. Each links to primary sources and is free to quote with attribution.

Brand assets

Logos, social cards, screenshots

Public-use assets for editorial coverage. SVG and PNG variants available where useful.

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  • → Favicon (Rx mark, sky-emerald gradient): /favicon.svg
  • → Social card (1200×630 PNG): /og/home.png
  • → News brief social card: /og/shutdown.png
  • → All page-specific OG cards: /og/<slug>.png — slugs: home, pharmacists, clinicians, freedomrx, kroll, alternatives, shutdown, about

For higher-resolution assets, custom crops, or specific screenshots, email the press desk.

Disambiguation

"Replace PrescribeIT" is a service operated by AutoRx Solutions Inc., a Canadian-owned company. We are not affiliated with:

  • PrescribeIT or Canada Health Infoway (the federal agency)
  • TELUS Health or Kroll (we integrate with Kroll on the pharmacy side; we don't operate it)
  • QHR Technologies, FreedomRx, or Loblaw Companies (we provide a replacement; we are not part of those organizations)
  • getautorx.app (an unrelated AI writing tool)
  • Any US-based "AutoRx" services or automotive businesses using the AutoRx name

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