Electronic Prescription

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

The electronic prescriptions issued by Walgreens chain of pharmacy establishments across USA have seen an unprecedented rise of 185% touching the 4 billion mark in October 2009 as compared to the electronic records issued last year, based on the statement made by the Walgreens officials.
This achievement has demonstrated the impact of Healthcare improvements for Patients [...]

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Posted November 17, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, 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

By Will Dunham
As many as 75 percent of U.S. doctors will be writing electronic prescriptions within five years, thanks to new federal spending to encourage e-prescribing, according to a forecast released on Monday.
The economic stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama in February included about $19 billion to promote the use of healthcare information technology, [...]

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Posted August 21, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Elizabeth Cooney
Patients who do not take their medications as prescribed pay a price in poorer health, more frequent hospitalizations, and a higher risk of death. Collectively, they also incur up to $290 billion annually in increased medical costs, according to a Boston-based health policy group that urges making the issue part of the [...]

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Posted August 21, 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

Maria A. Friedman, Anthony Schueth and Douglas S. Bell

Abstract
Although the vast majority of U.S. physicians still handwrite prescriptions, adoption of electronic prescribing is slowly growing. Major barriers to adoption remain, including the inability to electronically submit prescriptions for controlled substances and confusion about standards for data exchange. Federal and state governments and [...]

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Posted August 11, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

The Department of Health and Human Services (”HHS”) issued comprehensible, no surprises guidance under the final HIPAA privacy rule that went into effect on April 14, 2001. From the perspective of all but the health care provider community, the guidance was pretty much a nonevent; HHS addresses issues that are primarily of relevance to providers. [...]

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Posted August 10, 2009 by admin under Electronic Prescription

by June Q. Wu/Plain Dealer Reporter
Ohio doctors seem reluctant to give up their prescription pads, according to findings by Surescripts, the largest national prescription network.

The state lags far behind the nation’s leaders when it comes to sending prescriptions electronically over the network, which covers all major chain pharmacies, such as CVS and Walgreens, [...]

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Posted July 22, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

Plain Dealer Reporter
Ohio doctors seem reluctant to give up their prescription pads, according to findings by Surescripts, the largest national prescription network.

The state lags far behind the nation’s leaders when it comes to sending prescriptions electronically over the network, which covers all major chain pharmacies, such as CVS and Walgreens, as well as [...]

Tags: Doctors, E-Prescribing, e-prescriptions, electronic prescriptions, medical errors, SureScripts
Posted July 21, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription