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3 phases of e-prescribing success
Despite the long-term benefits of greater efficiency and potentially better patient safety, physician practices adopting e-prescribing systems face daunting challenges in incorporating the new
Fewer patient deaths, better outcomes with more e-prescribing
The Stage 1 Meaningful Use standards for computerized physician order entry (CPOE)--or e-prescribing--may reduce the number of deaths from heart failure or heart attack, but applying proposed Stage 2
drchrono app now enables e-prescribing, drawing on images
drchrono announced today that its mobile electronic health record app now includes three to new features: free e-prescribing, FreeDraw and fax capabilities, according to a post at VatorNews. While
Life-saving potential of EHRs already a realization
With all of the hoopla regarding how electronic heath records enable providers to earn incentive payments, it's heartening to read Health Affairs' new study that indicates meeting the computerized
Increased e-prescribing could lead to fewer patient deaths
The Stage 1 Meaningful Use standards for computerized physician order entry (CPOE) may reduce the number of deaths from heart failure or heart attack, but applying proposed Stage 2 and 3 standards
Patient med adherence climbs with EHR links to pharmacy
Patients whose electronic health records are integrated with pharmacies are more likely to fill their prescriptions, according to a recent Kaiser Permanente study. The study, published online in the
Verizon health ID management expands to cover EHRs, HIEs
Verizon is expanding its cloud-based identity-management services for healthcare providers. Verizon Universal Identify Services-Healthcare, founded in November 2010, now supports new identity
'Hardship' exemption in final eRx rule helps docs avoid penalties
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in the just-published final rule on its e-prescribing incentive program , added an important new "hardship" exemption to penalties that otherwise
CMS e-prescribing proposal slammed over physician penalties
The American Medical Association (AMA) and 91 specialty societies criticized the government's proposed new rules on electronic prescribing in comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Surescripts' reaction to e-prescribing study doesn't erase the need for improvement
A recent paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) found that about one in 10 computer-generated prescriptions contained errors, and that two-thirds of
