Electronic Prescription

By: Althea Blackwell, DC Government Technology Examiner

The health care reform legislation being discussed by Congress is designed to control costs, improve care and expand health insurance coverage to most of the 46 million uninsured Americans. The health care debate may continue past the August deadline but once the plan is passed the uninsured and [...]

Tags: Electronic Medical Record, Electronic Prescribing, EMR, Federal Health Architecture, Health Information Technology, Healthcare System
Posted August 4, 2009 by admin under EMR, Electronic Prescription

By Tonia Rose – Staff Writer
Florida is among 11 states without electronic means to track the dispensing of controlled substances, but as of May, a new law was passed by the Florida General Assembly and has Kentucky lawmakers hoping the pill pipeline will cease.

During a sentencing hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in [...]

Tags: prescribing, Prescription Electronic Reporting system, prescriptions
Posted August 3, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By: Allison Tsai
Medicare is proposing a rule that would simplify reporting requirements for the Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program and the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and set the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2010.

The proposal would also add more measures for physicians to report under the PQRI pay-for-performance program, allow data submission from [...]

Tags: E-Prescription, electronic health-record system, Electronic Prescribing, Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program, Medicare proposal
Posted August 3, 2009 by admin under Electronic Prescription, Medicare Incentive