Electronic Prescription

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