Electronic Prescription

In an interim final rule released Tuesday, CMS “recognized” the use of version 10.6 of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT Standard for electronic prescribing under the Medicare Part D drug benefit, Health Data Management reports.
According to CMS, “recognition” means the agency approves the use of the updated standard for e-prescribing; however, it [...]

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Posted July 13, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription, Medicare Incentive, Medicare Law

By Neil Versel
It’s a small study group, but the results are eye-opening nonetheless: Primary-care practices cut their prescription error rates from 42.5 percent to 6.6 percent in a one-year period by adopting e-prescribing technology.
That’s the finding of researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, as reported in the Journal of General [...]

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Posted March 24, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Angela Martin
Payers and health plans have pushed for new incentives for electronic prescription in 2009. For example, in January, Medicare paid doctors a bonus if they exchanged their prescription pads over to e-prescribing. Various private health plans have also offered extra payments along with free equipment.
What the stats say: According to Web sources, the [...]

Tags: EHR, prescribing, Standalone
Posted February 5, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, Electronic Prescription

By News Sentinel staff
Tennessee is recognized as one of the top five most improved states in routing prescriptions electronically.
Surescripts, a health information network that operates the country’s largest electronic prescribing network, announced that Tennessee ranked second behind Vermont and just ahead of Kansas, Illinois and Missouri on the top five list. Recognized as the country’s [...]

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

By Tonia Rose – Staff Writer
Florida is among 11 states without electronic means to track the dispensing of controlled substances, but as of May, a new law was passed by the Florida General Assembly and has Kentucky lawmakers hoping the pill pipeline will cease.

During a sentencing hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in [...]

Tags: prescribing, Prescription Electronic Reporting system, prescriptions
Posted August 3, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

Consulting firm predicts 75 percent adoption of e-prescribing by 2014
By Nancy Ferris
The stimulus law’s incentives for providers to adopt health information technology will double the rate of e-prescribing and result in a $22 billion reduction in drug and medical costs in the next decade, according to a study commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.
If [...]

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