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NewsState bill would force docs to check controlled substance database
Massachusetts legislators are voting today on a bill to require physicians to check a prescription-drug abuse database before prescribing pain meds. It's part of a larger statewide effort to rein in Read more...
Deloitte: Consumer health IT demand growing
Think consumers aren't paying to the health IT investments you make? Think again. A new study from Deloitte suggests that consumers are indeed interested in knowing what you're spending on health IT, Read more...
MDs using social networks prescribe more
The following may seem like more of a marketing than an IT issue--but I'd argue that it has implications for IT execs too, largely in what applications you'll need to slate for development in the Read more...
Report offers national e-prescribing plan
Despite considerable political pressure on physicians to adopt e-prescribing, few have gotten on board. In fact, only 2 percent of prescriptions eligible for electronic routing were transmitted that 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...
Medical groups advocate e-prescribing
In the past, much of the push toward e-prescribing has come from government officials or technology vendors. Now, that seems to be changing. This week, a group of five medical organizations have Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: MA still e-prescribing friendly
For the second year in a row, Massachusetts has been named the country's most e-prescribing friendly state. According to an audit, Massachusetts sent 4 million prescriptions electronically, or more Read more...
Study: E-prescribing boosts safety, quality
A new study commissioned by an e-prescribing network suggests that physicians are pretty comfortable with the technology. The study, which was conducted among physicians participating in a Read more...
Google begins storing medical records
After more than a year of coy hints, Google has come out and taken a ground-breaking step. Starting with somewhere between 1,500 and 10,000 Cleveland Clinic patients, all of whom will be volunteers, Read more...
| Press ReleasesTransamerica Launches New Voluntary Prescription Drug Indemnity Benefit for Part-Time and Limited-Income WorkersConvenient TransChoice Plus ID/debit card speeds up reimbursement; deep discounts stretch healthcare dollars LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Transamerica Employee Benefits, formerly known as Read more >> Compounding Pharmacy Prescription Dynamics to Launch in Montvale, NJResearch Partnership with Farleigh Dickinson University Will Enable Clinical Advances MONTVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Michael De Giglio, CEO of Prescription Dynamics, today announced the December Read more >> MedInformatix Earns Surescripts® Prescription Routing CertificationPrescriber software connected through Relay Health and NewCrop Integrates Physicians with Pharmacies throughout the CountryLOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MedInformatix, a leading provider Read more >> Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Chooses RelayHealth for Proactive Hospital Readmission ManagementATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a 1,004-bed, academic medical center based in Winston-Salem, N.C., has chosen RelayHealth’s RelayCare for proactive hospital readmission Read more >> MedicalMine, Inc. Completes Surescripts® Certification. ChARM/EHR Now Connects Physicians with Pharmacies Across the Country forPLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --- MedicalMine, Inc., a health care software company, announced today that it has completed certification with Surescripts, the nation's largest Read more >> |
