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By Ken Terry Terry Hashey, a family physician in Jacksonville, Fla., remembers how the e-prescribing application in his electronic health record helped him when a new patient presented at his office with an acute problem. She had just flown in from out...

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 systems to report quality measures for the Physician...

The electronic prescriptions issued by Walgreens chain of pharmacy establishments across USA have seen an unprecedented rise of 185% touching the 4 billion mark in October 2009 as compared to the electronic records issued last year, based on the statement...

Bernie Monegain, Editor Surescripts will adopt a new version of a technical standard that's recommended by federal regulators as part of a $19 billion incentive program to encourage greater use of electronic health records. The standard – referred to...

By Will Dunham As many as 75 percent of U.S. doctors will be writing electronic prescriptions within five years, thanks to new federal spending to encourage e-prescribing, according to a forecast released on Monday. The economic stimulus bill signed...

By Elizabeth Cooney Patients who do not take their medications as prescribed pay a price in poorer health, more frequent hospitalizations, and a higher risk of death. Collectively, they also incur up to $290 billion annually in increased medical...

By Christine Harrell Under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) providers who implement e-prescription programs are eligible for incentives. Offices are looking for medical software to help them implement this program and...

Maria A. Friedman, Anthony Schueth and Douglas S. Bell Abstract Although the vast majority of U.S. physicians still handwrite prescriptions, adoption of electronic prescribing is slowly growing. Major barriers to adoption remain, including the...

The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued comprehensible, no surprises guidance under the final HIPAA privacy rule that went into effect on April 14, 2001. From the perspective of all but the health care provider community, the guidance...

by June Q. Wu/Plain Dealer Reporter Ohio doctors seem reluctant to give up their prescription pads, according to findings by Surescripts, the largest national prescription network. The state lags far behind the nation's leaders when it comes to...

Plain Dealer Reporter Ohio doctors seem reluctant to give up their prescription pads, according to findings by Surescripts, the largest national prescription network. The state lags far behind the nation's leaders when it comes to sending...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — At first, Dr. Marek Durakiewicz welcomed the opportunity to send prescriptions to drugstores electronically, using free computer equipment provided by a state pilot program. Durakiewicz, the chief of staff at Hickman Community...

By Ann Carrns | Kaiser Health News FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — At first, Dr. Marek Durakiewicz welcomed the opportunity to send prescriptions to drugstores electronically, using free computer equipment provided by a state pilot program. Durakiewicz, the...

Tennessee posted the second best improvement among states last year in use of computers by doctors to send prescriptions electronically to pharmacists, according to the latest ranking by the nation's largest e-prescribing network. Overall, health-care...

Bonus payments, no penalties make learning easier Beginning this year, AAOS members who e-prescribe can potentially earn a 2 percent bonus payment from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in addition to any Physician Quality...