HHS and DEA ponder e-prescribing comments

By John Moore
The Health and Human Services Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration are reviewing the feedback they have received on DEA proposed rule on e-prescribing for controlled substances, but the final rule might not emerge this year.
DEA published the proposed rule earlier this year, which would impose security requirements for e-prescribing of controlled substances. [...]

ICW and Surescripts to Develop E-Prescribing Prototype Project For SHIN-NY

The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) has partnered with global eHealth specialist InterComponentWare Inc. (ICW) and Surescripts, operator of the country’s largest electronic prescribing network, for an eHealth prototype project to facilitate prescription routing and, with a patient’s consent, deliver prescription history for NY residents through the Statewide Health Information Network for New [...]