Electronic Prescription

The AMA has created an extensive online resource.
By the close of 2008, only about 13% of physicians were prescribing electronically. The prescription pad and pen still rule in most offices.

But doctors are getting a nudge to automate their prescribing process. Physicians who prescribe electronically for their Medicare patients will be eligible for incentive payments. [...]

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Posted July 6, 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

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

The economic stimulus legislation will increase e-prescribing adoption to more than 75 percent of prescribers in five years, according to a consulting firm that conducted a study on behalf of a pharmaceutical group.
The stimulus bill, and its $19 billion investment in health information technology, will spur a fourfold increase in e-prescribing over current levels, according [...]

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Posted June 1, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

The AMA has created an extensive online resource.
By the close of 2008, only about 13% of physicians were prescribing electronically. The prescription pad and pen still rule in most offices.
But doctors are getting a nudge to automate their prescribing process. Physicians who prescribe electronically for their Medicare patients will be eligible for incentive payments. This [...]

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

So-called “e-prescribing” systems that allow doctors to select lower-cost or generic medications can save $845,000 per 100,000 patients per year, according to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Complete use of e-prescribing systems with formulary decision support could reduce prescription drug spending by up [...]

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Posted April 29, 2009 by admin under E-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

Over the past two years, about 84 million U.S. clinicians have traded in their paper prescription pads for electronic prescribing software.
By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee InformationWeek

More doctors have traded in their paper prescription pads for e-prescribing over the last two years. However, the bulk of e-prescriptions are being generated by doctors using standalone e-prescribing [...]

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Posted April 27, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription

By Jayapradha Edavalath, Research Analyst
Wireless Technology Boom: Conduit to E-Prescribing
The healthcare industry’s transition from paper-based record to electronic record is witnessing yet another revolution- Electronic Prescription. Healthcare facilities of all sizes today are employing the advantage that comes with the mobility of wireless technologies. The market for wireless technology in Europe is becoming a ‘mass [...]

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Posted April 23, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription