While electronic prescribing has been shown to reduce medication errors and improve prescribing safety, it is vulnerable to error-prone processes. We review six intersecting areas in which changes to ...

We present the first reported national trends in the adoption of electronic prescription of controlled substances, from July 2012 to December 2013. The results show that the uptake rates of this newly ...

The use of electronic health record systems in doctors’ offices and hospitals has hit a major speed bump, and rightly so, with the federal government winning a $145 million civil and criminal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed an association between implementation of a state-mandated electronic prescribing policy ...

The practice of prescribing medications electronically has been getting a good amount of attention recently. Everyone from CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems to Senator John Kerry and Former House ...

In a health plan–sponsored e-prescribing initiative, participating PCPs' mean e-prescribing rate was 1 prescription per 4 pharmacy claims, but some PCPs achieved high use. Using records from an ...

While physician practices and pharmacies reported satisfaction with electronic prescribing and perceived greater efficiency and patient safety, inconsistent electronic renewals created barriers to ...

With the signature of President Obama in 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) became law. The focus of HITECH was to stimulate adoption of electronic ...

Prescription pads are becoming a thing of the past. Health systems, hospitals, physicians and pharmacies are increasingly getting onboard with electronic prescribing. 1. E-prescribing is the process ...

Electronic prescribing is becoming widespread. All states allow it, some states require it, and many institutions now mandate electronic prescribing. Many electronic prescribing systems use ...

This guide was reviewed by a Business News Daily editor to ensure it provides comprehensive and accurate information to aid your buying decision. Imagine the challenge a pediatrician faces when seeing ...

Surescripts is up for sale and has hired a bank to search for potential buyers, including private equity firms. The company dominates electronic prescribing, processing 2.5 billion prescriptions in ...