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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Electronic prescribing is growing quickly, in part as a result of the Medicare penalties for not e-prescribing. At the end of 2011, 58% of office-based prescribers routed 36% of all prescriptions ...

Physician use of e-prescribing rose 75 percent in 2011, with 36 percent of prescriptions routed electronically compared to 22 percent in 2010, according to the most recent National Progress Report on ...

Last week, the Drug Enforcement Administration released its long awaited Interim Final Rule on e-Prescribing of Controlled Substances. It’s 334 pages long, but the most important portion is section § ...

This is a comparative effectiveness study that evaluates the safety effects of 2 types of commercially available electronic prescribing systems. The increasingly widespread adoption of electronic ...

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 ...

Governor Janet Napolitano has issued an Executive Order (PDF) to significantly increase patient safety through the use of e-prescribing in Arizona. It is estimated that patients in the United States ...

WASHINGTON — Thirteen U.S. pharmacy software vendors have voiced support for electronic prescribing efforts, each committing to a formal campaign to educate pharmacists on the benefits of ...

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