ePrescribing

 
E-prescribing market soars toward $794 million
April 16, 2013 |
Bernie Monegain
A new report finds that the market will approach $800 million by 2017 largely fueled by a few established and some smaller companies.
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Mass General EHR study probes antidepressant arrhythmia risks
February 1, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
Using a large EHR-based dataset, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found evidence supporting the FDA's warnings of the risks for abnormal heart rhythms associated with the antidepressant citalopram.
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Half of docs nationwide e-prescribe via EHRs
November 28, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
All states produced double-digit increases in e-prescribing from 2008 and 2012, spurred by meaningful use incentives and ONC program assistance.
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Minnesota's e-prescribing mandate drives adoption
July 31, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Minnesota has highest rate of e-prescribing, propelled by state mandate, overtaking long-time leader Massachusetts in Surescripts rankings.
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AHRQ offers e-prescribing toolsets for docs, pharmacies
June 12, 2012 |
Mike Miliard
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released two toolsets, one for small physician practices and one for independent pharmacies, meant to help support e-prescribing implementation.
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Walgreens, Surescripts to feed patient data to public health departments
March 12, 2012 |
Bernie Monegain
Walgreens said it will use Surescripts to deliver care to providers, first in the private sector and later this year to public health entities, with the goal of more coordinated care.
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Former NFL pro, running for Idaho congress, helps voters understand ACA
March 5, 2012 |
Chris Anderson
Jimmy Farris played for the Redskins and Falcons. Now, he's looking to harness that grit in a fight for Idaho congress, and among his campaign strategies is to point out the benefits health reform has already brought to Idahoans.
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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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Enabling Data as a Service in Healthcare
April 24, 2013 | On Demand Webinars
Join this webinar to learn how Delphix can accelerate IT projects in healthcare while improving application quality and reducing infrastructure costs.
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QualSight LASIK Achieves HIPAA Compliance After Attempted Hack
November 7, 2012 | White Papers
In January 2010, QualSight - the nation’s largest LASIK manager serving over 75 million health plan members - was informed that a hack attempt had been made against their infrastructure. They were concerned that a repeat occurrence could take place and wanted to take a pro-active role in eliminating any future occurrence. QualSight began searching for a better solution for its secure Web hosting and online data storage. The company had stringent requirements for both HIPAA and PCI compliance, and could not find a hosting provider with a fully managed solution that took into account both of those high industry standards, while also providing top performance. Download this case study to find out how QualSight finally found a solution that offered complete HIPAA compliancy.
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HIPAA Compliant Hosting
September 25, 2012 | White Papers
Healthcare providers must assure patients the utmost security, confidentiality, and integrity of sensitive information. This means maintaining total HIPAA compliance within their organization, including healthcare IT infrastructure. This white paper elucidates HIPAA compliant IT infrastructure, from physical and environmental controls, to appropriate guidelines between a Covered Entity and data center provider when outsourcing. It also helps clarify key points including service provider qualifications, and why Business Associate Agreements are integral for establishing accountability with partners.
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Saving Lives Virtually – A Day in the Life of Today’s Physician
June 6, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
A new era in healthcare IT has arrived! Even when physicians can’t physically be there, new advances in technology allow them to always “virtually” be on the scene to save a life - whether it’s in the middle of the night or on their day off. In this short video, you’ll watch how a cardiologist prescribes a patient the medicine he needs stat at 2 a.m. You’ll see how easily you can access clinical desktops from anywhere and access real-time info about patients as they’re getting wheeled into the ER. In addition, the video will show you how to go mobile instantly with desktops that follow users, review real-time ER caseloads and enable HD face-to-face telemedicine. Also, watch how this doctor uses voice recognition to update patient records and secure patient health information (PHI) on devices. Don’t you love living in the future?
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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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E-prescribing continues rapid growth
December 3, 2012 |
Jeff Rowe
While there are at least two sides to every story, one of the more one-sided stories in health IT is the degree to which e-prescribing has taken hold across the healthcare sector.
National Health IT Week: Celebrating HIT as an essential tool
September 10, 2012 |
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD
In which AHRQ director Carolyn Clancy, MD, reflects on health IT as fundamental for care quality and discusses AHRQ’s progress, projects and products.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 22, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 2, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT
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
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.
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.