Electronic Prescription

Molly Merrill, Associate Editor
Electronic prescribing has seen significant growth in adoption and use of critical components, according to the annual National Progress Report on E-Prescribing.
The report, released by Alexandria, Va.-based Surescripts, documents the status of e-prescribing adoption and use in the United States from 2006 through 2008.
According to the report, more than 100,000 prescribers are [...]

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Posted September 10, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription, Hospital

By Anne Zieger
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wants to know just how many medical practices and pharmacies have implemented functional e-prescribing systems–and what factors help or hurt adoption.
At present, the agency notes, many e-prescribing systems don’t have the same features, which makes it difficult to build a seamless national system. Meanwhile, pharmacies [...]

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Posted September 9, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Mary Mosquera
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plans to collect information from physicians and pharmacies that electronically transmit prescriptions in order to help identify what accelerates and what hinders the adoption of e-prescribing.
AHRQ will interview physicians, medical directors, IT administrators, pharmacists and others at 110 organizations over two years, the agency said [...]

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Posted September 2, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription