e-Prescribing

Jul 12 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

When a pharmacy sells the heartburn drug Zantac, each pill costs about 35 cents. But doctors dispensing it to patients in their offices have charged nearly 10 times that price, or $3.25 a pill.

May 22 2012

InformationWeek.com

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

New figures from Surescripts reveal that at the end of 2011, 58% (or 317,000) of office-based physicians were using e-prescribing tools to fill prescriptions, versus only 36% (190,000) in 2010.

May 18 2012

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Doctors ditching the prescription pad as more than a third of prescriptions now are electronic

May 03 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Researchers found an astonishing 37 errors for every 100 paper prescriptions, versus around 7 per 100 for those who used e-prescribing software.

Apr 30 2012

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Researchers found an astonishing 37 errors for every 100 paper prescriptions, versus around 7 per 100 for those who used e-prescribing software.

Dec 16 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Surescripts: Electronic Prescribing Improves Medication Pick-Up Rates

Sep 19 2011

Next.gov

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More frequent use of electronic medication orders is likely to have a significant impact on hospital mortality rates, according to a new RAND Corp. study.

Sep 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

More physicians and practices can expect to avoid cuts in Medicare payments now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has softened e-Prescribing rules.

Jul 28 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The AMA submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expressing concern over the proposed changes to the electronic prescribing penalty program.

Jun 02 2011

InformationWeek

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Unbeknownst to many medical practices, as many as 209,000 physicians and other healthcare providers may already be in line for a 1% Medicare payment reduction in 2012 for not writing prescriptions electronically

Dec 31 2010

EMR and HIPAA

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In the weirdest news I’ve seen in a while, SureScripts has become an ONC-ATCB.

Aug 03 2010

Post-Tribune

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

While e-prescribing has grown dramatically in recent years, local doctors said there continue to be barriers to widespread acceptance of a technology that could save thousands of lives.

Jan 07 2010

PR Newswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

CVS Caremark today announced an agreement with Allscripts that will position both companies to help accelerate adoption of e-prescribing technology

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