Electronic Prescription

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) today acknowledges and applauds the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) on its Final Rules announcement on “meaningful use” of an Electronic Health Record (EHR), including the adoption of NCPDP SCRIPT Standard for the secure, electronic transmission of prescriptions and prescription-related information.
The Final Rule on Standards [...]

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Posted July 16, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

One of Ohio’s biggest health insurance companies is trying to convince doctors to forego their old-fashioned prescription pads more often.
Cleveland-based Medical Mutual of Ohio is teaming up with its pharmacy benefits manager, Medco Health Solutions, for a pilot program that gives select doctors financial incentives to prescribe medications electronically.
Medical Mutual is signing up 250 of [...]

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Posted May 21, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

Zero-In RX is a one-stop shop for electronic prescribing information and resources for physicians

Earlier this year the American Medical Association (AMA) launched a new online learning center to provide physicians with the information and tools they need to make informed decisions about electronic prescribing (ePrescribing). Today, the AMA unveils enhanced tools for ePrescribing and [...]

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Posted July 29, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter
(HealthDay News) — Starting next year, doctors can earn additional money from Medicare if they use electronic prescribing systems, U.S. health officials said Monday.
The bonus program, which will continue for four years, is designed to streamline the prescription process and cut down on errors. In 2009 and 2010, Medicare [...]

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Posted June 30, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

The UK’s largest rollout of a hospital electronic-prescription system is nearing completion in Birmingham.
The ePrescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system will manage medicines for the more than 1,800 hospital beds at Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope hospitals, as well as their take-out prescriptions.
The system includes access to the Multilex Drug Data File database, which [...]

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Posted May 26, 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