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CalPERS tests e-prescribing
The California Public Employees' Retirement System provides benefits to more than 1.6 million employees, retirees and dependents, and manages more than $656 million in assets. So when it announced... Read more...
KLAS says providers are integrating pharmacy systems
A new report from vendor performance analyst KLAS concludes that providers are getting serious about integrating pharmacy platforms with core clinical systems. With providers adopting e-prescribing... Read more...
RI will begin reporting on statewide healthcare IT use
Rhode Island has released a pair of reports detailing how the state's doctors use health information technology. In doing so, it has become the first state in the U.S. to measure healthcare IT use... Read more...
Study: Clinicians bypass most alerts from e-prescribing systems
One of the key benefits touted by advocates of e-prescribing is its ability to help physicians avoid harmful drug interactions and be aware of allergies. However, a new study suggests that this... Read more...
House passes stimulus bill with health IT funding
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives approved President Obama's $819 billion economic stimulus package, which includes a budget of more than $20 million to help providers adopt health IT. The... Read more...
Trend: Number of doctors using e-prescribing grows
Getting doctors to use e-prescribing technology isn't happening quickly, even with government offering incentives and vendors offering free equipment and software. Still, it looks like something is... Read more...
Alabama Medicaid tests Net-based EMR system
In what is becoming an increasingly common move for state Medicaid organizations, Alabama's Medicaid agency is testing a Web-based electronic medical record in nine counties. The EMR, which is part... Read more...
Michigan Medical Society offers health IT portal
In an unusual move, the Michigan State Medical Society is going one step further than most medical societies: instead of just advocating health IT adoption, it is providing a system to its members,... Read more...
Date is set for MA Blues' doctors to start e-prescribing
Doctors participating in the physician incentives program from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts are soon going to have to start e-prescribing to stay in the program. The official date that... Read more...
Aetna contracts with Zix to provide free e-prescriptions in NJ
After running e-prescribing pilot programs since 2005 in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, it now seems that Aetna is ready to take the next step in at least one of those states. The health plan... Read more...
