Electronic Prescription

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — At first, Dr. Marek Durakiewicz welcomed the opportunity to send prescriptions to drugstores electronically, using free computer equipment provided by a state pilot program.

Durakiewicz, the chief of staff at Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville, Tenn., recognized the potential benefits of “e-prescribing.” Special software allows doctors to see instantly if the drug [...]

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Posted July 13, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Ann Carrns | Kaiser Health News
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — At first, Dr. Marek Durakiewicz welcomed the opportunity to send prescriptions to drugstores electronically, using free computer equipment provided by a state pilot program.

Durakiewicz, the chief of staff at Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville, Tenn., recognized the potential benefits of “e-prescribing.” Special software [...]

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Posted July 2, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

Tennessee posted the second best improvement among states last year in use of computers by doctors to send prescriptions electronically to pharmacists, according to the latest ranking by the nation’s largest e-prescribing network.
Overall, health-care providers statewide issued more than 1.78 million electronic prescriptions in 2008, representing more than 4 percent of prescriptions eligible to be [...]

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Posted June 24, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

Bonus payments, no penalties make learning easier
Beginning this year, AAOS members who e-prescribe can potentially earn a 2 percent bonus payment from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in addition to any Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) bonus. The e-prescribing bonus drops to 1 percent in 2011 and 2012, and to 0.5 percent [...]

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Posted June 2, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

Nationwide efforts aimed at bringing about a transformation from paper based prescribing to electronic prescribing received a push, as results of a new survey revealed that most physicians who participated in an eprescribing pilot believed the technology helped them in practicing better and safer medicine.
The survey, conducted by HaldyMcIntosh & Associates, for the Southeastern [...]

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Posted April 28, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription