ePrescribing

 
AHRQ: Pharmacies, practices face eprescribing hurdles
November 22, 2011 | Mike Miliard
Despite the overall positive reception, users say that a number of eprescribing functions still pose problems.
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Federal employees' health plans score high on health IT use
November 16, 2011 | Mary Mosquera
OPM pushes private insurers in the FEHBP market to increase their use of health IT because it results in better care and cost-savings.
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AMA and 91 groups call on CMS to alter e-prescribing penalties
July 26, 2011 | Molly Merrill
American Medical Association cites need for more changes, including not starting penalties until 2013.
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Panel advances standards for clinical quality, hospital discharge meds
July 21, 2011 | Mary Mosquera
The Health IT Standards Committee has wrestled with harmonizing standards that are simple, specific and mature to support anticipated meaningful use stage 2 measures.
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Virginia RHIO hits medication history milestone
June 23, 2011 | Government Health IT Staff
New service lets ED docs retrieve patient prescription information from almost anywhere.
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Coalition backs HIT panel's call for meaningful use stage 2 delay
June 20, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
The time between Stage 1 final rule and the deadline was too short, argues a group of healthcare associations – adding that agendas are even more crammed now than they were then.
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CAQH, NCPDP join to boost data exchange standards
June 16, 2011 | Government Health IT Staff
Partnership to focus on EDI, operating rules.
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Next up for NwHIN: Governance
June 14, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
ONC says it is building a draft governance document to ultimately enable more providers to join the Nationwide Health Information Network.
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AHRQ details new health IT research grants
June 13, 2011 | Government Health IT Staff
Career development grants focus on health IT decision making, patient-centered care, as well as quality and safety.
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CMS to align e-Rx incentive with EHR program
May 31, 2011 | Mary Mosquera
CMS will give physicians more flexibility in 2011 e-prescribing reporting and exemptions from penalties in 2012 to reflect participation in the EHR incentive program.
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NeHC announces University Advisory Council
May 27, 2011 | Government Health IT Staff
Group intends to "provide a robust view of the rapidly evolving HIT ecosystem," CEO Kate Berry says.
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Wanted: Health IT entrepreneurs seeking capital
May 25, 2011 | Government Health IT Staff
"DC to VC" contest to serve as a showcase for startups that are looking for funding with which to boost healthcare delivery and quality.
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Best Practices to Deploy ECM Technologies: Ensure Decisions are Made Based on all the Information, not a Portion of it
October 11, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
In this Web seminar, learn firsthand from five healthcare organizations how, after integrating Perceptive Software enterprise content management (ECM) products, they are realizing cost and time-saving benefits enterprise-wide. The customer panel will share lessons learned and best practices for deploying ECM technology with their business and health information systems.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 22, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 2, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 12, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
What's happened and what's still to be ... This Week in Government Health IT
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The DEA and e-prescribing
June 19, 2010 | John Klimek
The Drug Enforcement Agency recently released its much-anticipated Interim Final Rule (IFR) on electronic prescribing of controlled substances. While additional clarification is needed from DEA, the rule opens the door for electronic transmission of controlled-substance prescriptions to pharmacies and removes a significant barrier to the overall use of electronic prescribing.
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Optimizing EHRs through self-service
September 10, 2009 | Alan Joch
While issues surrounding EHR incentives and certification have dominated the lion's share of the industry's attention related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), there has been little discussion about other technologies that, when used in coordination with electronic records, can further improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care.
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