Electronic Prescription

Key step in national initiative toward adoption of electronic health records
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), Chicago, Ill. and the Drummond Group Inc. (DGI), Austin, Texas, were named today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) as the first technology review bodies that have been authorized to test [...]

Tags: Comprehensive Ambulatory EHR, EHR, electronic health records, meaningful use ehr, meaningful use of ehr, Outpatient EHR
Posted August 31, 2010 by admin under EHR, EMR

By, Nicholas Christiano Jr.
There has been considerable discussion on the federal stimulus program and the impact it will have in bringing about an improved patient care model through the use of technology. This anticipates care providers having access to electronic health records (EHRs) that can communicate, or “interoperate,” with other health providers and health systems [...]

Tags: E-Prescribing, EHR, radiation
Posted March 30, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Angela Martin
Payers and health plans have pushed for new incentives for electronic prescription in 2009. For example, in January, Medicare paid doctors a bonus if they exchanged their prescription pads over to e-prescribing. Various private health plans have also offered extra payments along with free equipment.
What the stats say: According to Web sources, the [...]

Tags: EHR, prescribing, Standalone
Posted February 5, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, Electronic Prescription

Benefits from EHR and e-prescribing investments come under very broad, diverse categories but are very individual and specific to the retrospective context of an investment, according to a study by the European Commission. There is no single correct strategy for implementing EHRs and e-prescribing systems, yet the results of the study give grounds for optimism [...]

Tags: E-Prescribing, EHR, European Commission
Posted January 13, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR

By Neil Versel,

The new Medicare Part B fee schedule for 2010 is encouraging doctors to adopt EHRs by, for the first time, allowing practices to use real clinical data from EHRs and e-prescribing systems to report quality measures for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and e-prescribing incentive programs. The change, according to CMS, [...]

Tags: E-Prescribing, EHR, EHR reporting, Electronic Prescribing, electronic prescriptions
Posted November 20, 2009 by admin under Electronic Prescription, Hospital, Medicare Incentive

Bernie Monegain, Editor
Key changes to physician quality reporting and e-prescribing incentives are being proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
The proposed changes add reporting measures and a way for reporting by group practice rather than individual physician, as well as provisions for EHR-based reporting. For e-prescribing, CMS aims to simplify the reporting measures.
The Physician [...]

Tags: E-Prescribing, EHR, Physician Quality Reporting, prescribing electronically
Posted November 12, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, EMR, Electronic Prescription

Bernie Monegain, Editor
Surescripts will adopt a new version of a technical standard that’s recommended by federal regulators as part of a $19 billion incentive program to encourage greater use of electronic health records.
The standard – referred to by industry participants as “NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6″ – allows physicians using electronic health record software to electronically access [...]

Tags: CMS, EHR, electronic health record, electronic prescriptions, SureScripts
Posted November 9, 2009 by admin under EMR, Electronic Prescription