E-prescribing sees growth, but action still required
Molly Merrill, Associate Editor Electronic prescribing has seen significant growth in adoption and use of critical components, according to the annual National Progress Report on E-Prescribing. The...
View ArticleAHRQ to survey physicians, pharmacies on e-prescribing practices
By Mary Mosquera The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plans to collect information from physicians and pharmacies that electronically transmit prescriptions in order to help identify...
View ArticleHHS and DEA ponder e-prescribing comments
By John Moore The Health and Human Services Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration are reviewing the feedback they have received on DEA proposed rule on e-prescribing for controlled...
View ArticleE-prescribing ‘could cut cost of human negligence’
By Sally Gainsbury Electronic prescribing systems that reduce the possibility of human error could cut clinical negligence claims by more than 70 per cent, according to US hospital chain Banner Health....
View ArticleCMS to test receiving quality data from electronic health records
By Mary Mosquera The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to test its ability to accept selected clinical quality data directly from hospital electronic health record systems as early...
View ArticleCMS to allow EHR reporting for PQRI, e-prescribing bonuses in 2010
By Neil Versel, The new Medicare Part B fee schedule for 2010 is encouraging doctors to adopt EHRs by, for the first time, allowing practices to use real clinical data from EHRs and e-prescribing...
View ArticleRhode Island’s e-prescribing network to help track swine flu cases
Bernie Monegain, Editor Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri announced Monday that the state has launched a new system for tracking swine flu. The system makes use of prescribing data provided by the...
View ArticleMore than 140,000 physicians on growing list of e-prescribers
Bernie Monegain, Editor ALEXANDRIA, VA – The number of physicians using electronic prescribing will have more than doubled in 2009, executives of the e-prescribing network Surescripts said. More than...
View ArticleVirginia group launches Web site to promote e-prescribing
By Kyle Hardy A group of Virginia-based healthcare executives, pharmacists and other stakeholders has launched a new Web site to push the commonwealth toward e-prescribing. CommonwealthRx, which was...
View ArticleOmniMD™ EHR Version 11.0 Receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2011 Media Contact: Ted Dave pr@omnmd.com tdave@omnimd.com January 5, 2011 – Integrated Systems Management Inc announced today that OmniMD™ EHR, Version 11.0 is...
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