Electronic Prescription

The rate of electronic prescribing in upstate New York increased from 12% in 2009 to 17% in the first quarter of this year, a new report by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield found, Healthcare IT News reports (Merrill, Healthcare IT News, 7/15).
The report also concluded that the percentage of physicians across the U.S. who use the technology [...]

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Posted August 4, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, Electronic Prescription

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

Have you ever looked at the paper prescription your doctor hands you and wondered how anyone could make out those chicken scratches? Although pharmacists seem to have developed an amazing ability to read even the worst doctor handwriting, serious mistakes still occur if they misinterpret a letter or number. Prescriptions written and transmitted electronically, called [...]

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Posted May 13, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription