Electronic Prescription

by Mahoney, Diana
“E-prescribing saves lives, it saves money, and it’s time we implement it,” according to Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt.
Streamlining the bloated health care system “is an economic imperative for our country. We have to get down to making the system better, and [e-prescribing] is one piece of a large puzzle,” [...]

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Posted August 25, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

It steers doctors toward lower-cost drugs, study finds

By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter
An electronic prescribing system that tells doctors which drugs are the least expensive can save millions a year, a new study finds.
“One of the challenges physicians face is that they don’t know which drugs are preferred or not preferred,” said Dr. [...]

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Posted August 19, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Christine Harrell

Under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) providers who implement e-prescription programs are eligible for incentives. Offices are looking for medical software to help them implement this program and reap the rewards.

The E-Prescription Incentive Program

In 2003 the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) included provisions for electronic prescriptions. Growing [...]

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Posted August 13, 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 [...]

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Posted August 3, 2009 by admin under Electronic Prescription, Medicare Incentive

by Mark Sanchez | Business Review Western Michigan

He gave up the paper pad four years ago and now only writes prescriptions for patients electronically.

While Dr. Richard Smith can’t specifically quantify the results, he knows without any doubt that e-prescribing has generated efficiencies in his medical practice.

“As you accept it [...]

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Posted July 31, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

Florida’s medical examiners recently reported that prescription medicines caused more deaths in 2008 than illicit drugs. The medical examiners also reported sharp increases in deaths caused by prescription tranquilizers and painkillers, such as Oxycodone and hydrocodone.
The results of the year-end report weren’t surprising. Since the middle of last year, physicians, pharmacists and law enforcement officials [...]

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Posted July 29, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

The AMA has created an extensive online resource.
By the close of 2008, only about 13% of physicians were prescribing electronically. The prescription pad and pen still rule in most offices.

But doctors are getting a nudge to automate their prescribing process. Physicians who prescribe electronically for their Medicare patients will be eligible for incentive payments. [...]

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Posted July 6, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter
(HealthDay News) — Starting next year, doctors can earn additional money from Medicare if they use electronic prescribing systems, U.S. health officials said Monday.
The bonus program, which will continue for four years, is designed to streamline the prescription process and cut down on errors. In 2009 and 2010, Medicare [...]

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Posted June 30, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Ann Carrns
Second of an occasional series on health information technology.
Fayetteville, Ark. – Dr. Marek Durakiewicz initially welcomed the opportunity to send prescriptions to drugstores electronically, using free computer equipment provided by a state pilot program.
The chief of staff at Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville, Tenn., Durakiewicz recognized the potential benefits of “e-prescribing.” [...]

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Posted June 29, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

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Posted June 29, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription