E Prescribing news from FierceHealthIT
NewsALSO NOTED: Senate pushes e-prescribing, too; Study says implanted medical history chips could save hundreds per ED patient; an
> Senate lawmakers say they're going to put their own provisions into place designed to encourage Medicare physicians to adopt e-prescribing. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: AHIP promotes health IT for cost-cutting; UCSF creates infosec task force after break-ins; and much more...
> Health insurance trade group America's Health Insurance Plans is pushing the adoption of EMRs and other health IT as a means of cutting healthcare costs. Read more...
Health IT unlikely to generate big cost savings, CBO says
For years, researchers have argued over whether EMRs actually save money, with studies reaching different results depending on whether they looked at inpatient or outpatient care, small, mid-sized or Read more...
MN lawmakers approve e-prescribing measure
The Minnesota state legislature has approved a broad healthcare bill that would, among other things, require physicians, pharmacists and others who prescribe or dispense medication in the state to Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Latest NPI deadline poses big problems, report says; Allscripts/Misys deal could offer $850 opp to Allscripts; and
> If providers needed to hear it again, here's more support for their position. Another report has concluded that new deadline for for using the National Provider Identifier will create big Read more...
Case study: NH Blue plan offers mobile EMR access
New Hampshire's Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire plans to begin offering physicians access to patients' electronic health records via mobile phones. The new capabilities also allow Read more...
E-prescribing advocates harness patient pressure
If vendor SureScripts gets its way, e-prescribing should develop a much higher profile among consumers, doctors and pharmacies over the next few weeks. Last Tuesday, the company kicked off what Read more...
Coalition wants e-prescribing included in Medicare reform
A coalition of 44 healthcare industry organizations have come together to ask Congress to to include e-prescribing mandates in Medicare reform legislation. The members want legislators to adopt the Read more...
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> It looks like information on some 6,000 patients at the University of California San Francisco was accessible via the Internet for more than three months last year. Read more...
HIEs on the upswing despite tough odds
Color me impressed: If today's issue is any indication, HIEs may have a brighter future than I'd previously thought. For one thing, this week we saw at least one powerful employer--the California Read more...
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