AHRQ to look at state of e-prescribing

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 [...]

E-Prescribing Systems Challenged by Doctors

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 [...]