Electronic Prescription

Physicians have been encouraged to switch from paper records to electronic systems in their offices, and the push seems to be working. In 2010, 50.7% of office-based doctors used some type of electronic medical records system — more than twice the adoption rate through 2005, says a December 2010 survey by the Centers for Disease [...]

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Posted March 18, 2011 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, Electronic Prescription

The American Academy of Family Physicians will offer its primary care members a Web-based service that enables secure electronic communication between providers over the Surescripts network.
The Electronic Prescription network will use a representation of the Direct Project standards and services for simple health information exchanges, according to an announcement Feb. 15 by AAFP and Surescripts.
AAFP [...]

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Posted February 21, 2011 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, Electronic Prescription

Doctors can now submit prescriptions for schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances electronically under a new Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) rule.
DEA’s interim final rule, “Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances,” could make things easier for many physicians who are already electronically prescribing noncontrolled drugs, according to Steven Waldren, MD, director of the Center for [...]

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Posted January 25, 2011 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, Electronic Prescription

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has named electronic prescribing network provider Surescripts as an organization that can test and approve certain electronic health records modules, bringing to a total of six the groups authorized under ONC’s temporary certification program.
Surescripts, based in Arlington, Va., will verify that EHR modules for e-prescribing and [...]

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Posted January 18, 2011 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, Electronic Prescription

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2011
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January 5, 2011 – Integrated Systems Management Inc announced today that OmniMD™ EHR, Version 11.0 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on January 4, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable (eligible provider) certification [...]

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Posted January 6, 2011 by admin under EHR, EMR, Hospital, Medicare Incentive

WASHINGTON – The American Medical Association (AMA) and 103 state and specialty medical societies are urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revise the Medicare e-prescribing penalty policy, which would penalize physicians in 2012 if they don’t e-prescribe in the first six months of 2011.
The letter, sent by the AMA to HHS [...]

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Posted January 3, 2011 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, Electronic Prescription

Last week, the American Medical Association and 103 other medical societies sent a letter urging HHS to revise a Medicare policy that would penalize physicians for not electronically prescribing medications, Healthcare IT News reports.
Under the policy, physicians who do not e-prescribe in the first six months of 2011 would face penalties starting in 2012.
AMA said [...]

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Posted December 24, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR

Surescripts will expand its nationwide E Prescription network to further support digitized medical records and the electronic exchange of clinical information.
Announced earlier this week, the company said it is leveraging the success of its e-prescribing experience and its open, neutral network to enable the nationwide exchange of clinical messages, including up-to-date summaries of patients’ recent [...]

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Posted December 3, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, Electronic Prescription

NEW ORLEANS – Surescripts is expanding its nationwide E Prescription network with a new service that will allow for the exchange of clinical health information, officials announced Monday at the MGMA 2010 annual conference in New Orleans.
Officials said the new service will make it easier for physicians, pharmacies, PBMs, health systems, electronic health record systems [...]

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Posted November 2, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EMR, Electronic Prescription

The latest audit of electronic prescription activity in all 50 states reports that one of every three physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the United State is e-prescribing.
At the fifth annual Safe-Rx Awards in September, held for the first time at the U.S. Capitol, Surescripts, the nation’s largest e-prescribing network, announced that Massachusetts ranked [...]

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Posted October 18, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, Electronic Prescription