Study: Electronic Prescribing Cuts Medication Errors
Electronic Prescription Services : Hospitals’ use of computerized ordering systems to process drug prescriptions prevented 17 million drug errors in a single year in the United States — and this...
View ArticleStudy: Risk of Drug Errors Drops 48% With Electronic Prescribing
Prescribing medication electronically reduced the risk of an error on the order by nearly half, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Researchers...
View ArticlePittsburgh doctor describes how e-prescribing is game-changer
Dr. Jonathan Finder, a pediatric pulmonologist at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, gushed to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the game-changing effects that electronic prescribing software has had...
View ArticleOffice of the National Coordinator recognizes Michigan e-prescribing effort
LANSING, Mich. — The federal government has recognized the state of Michigan as a national leader in electronic prescribing, a group of health organizations in the state said. The Michigan Health...
View ArticleeRx 2013: How to Participate Successfully
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program for 2013 requires eligible professionals (DO, MD, NP, PA) to submit at least 10 prescriptions between...
View ArticleE-Prescribing Market To Reach $794M by 2017
The electronic prescribing systems market is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26 percent from 2012 to 2017, at which point it is expected to reach $794 million, according to...
View ArticleOmniMD finalist in Patient Portal Challenge
Tarrytown-based OmniMD wants to bring medical records into the 21st century. OmniMD, a division of Integrated Systems Management Inc., is a finalist in the Patient Portal for New Yorkers Challenge, a...
View ArticleGet Your 10 Electronic Prescriptions (eRx) Done Before June 30th
The deadline is fast approaching for both individual eligible professionals (EPs) and group practices participating in the Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) to complete their required number of...
View ArticleE-prescribing continues to grow
Almost 800 million prescriptions were routed electronically in 2012, 44 percent of prescriptions and up from 570 million in 2011, according to Surescripts’ annual National Progress Report and Safe-Rx...
View ArticleMedicare 2014 e-Rx penalty deadline nears
Physicians have until June 30 to stop a 2014 payment penalty by reporting electronic prescribing activity or applying for a hardship exemption to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. More...
View ArticleHealth Ministry keen on electronic prescriptions
The Ministry of Health says an electronic prescription system being introduced to hospitals could save dozens of lives each year. The ministry has signed a $17 million contract to bring the system to...
View Article2013 PQRS and/or eRx Incentive Program: Stripped N365 Remark Code
For those eligible professionals participating in the 2013 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and/or Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program via claims, CMS is aware the Remittance Advice...
View Article44% of U.S. Prescriptions Submitted Electronically in 2012
Slightly less than half of all U.S. prescriptions were submitted electronically in 2012, according to a new report from electronic prescribing network Surescripts, FierceEMR reports. Key Findings The...
View Article4 reasons the federal e-prescribing incentive program works
Federal incentive dollars have been instrumental in significantly increasing doctor use of electronic prescribing tools, according to research published this week in Health Affairs. The study,...
View ArticleOmniMD Ambulatory EHR Vendor donates electronic health records software to...
Hamden, Conn. – Sept. 5, 2013 – OmniMD, of Tarrytown, N.Y., has donated the use of its electronic health record technology valued at $7.6 million to Quinnipiac University, as part of a four-year...
View ArticleISM Inc. ranked as Fastest Growing Healthcare IT solutions Provider Company...
Tarrytown, NY, September 17, 2013 — ISM OmniMD – healthcare division of ISM is one of the leading Ambulatory EHR Vendor ranked for INC5000-2013 listings for fastest growing private companies under IT...
View ArticleE-prescribing a ‘gateway’ to improving patient care
The use of electronic prescribing among both prescribers and pharmacies is accelerating as “positive emerging trends”, according to a study conducted by the Office of the National Coordinator for...
View ArticleONC Study Shows Encouraging Increase in Electronic Prescribing
Electronic prescribing grew significantly from 2008 through 2012, according to a study conducted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and published last month in the American Journal...
View ArticleCloud market soars as docs flock to eRx
Cloud computing in healthcare is expected to see big time growth by year’s end, with the market expanding more than 20 percent from 2012. The biggest driver behind the double digit numbers? More and...
View ArticleE-Prescribing Adoption Grew Significantly Between 2007 and 2010
Ownership of an electronic prescribing system significantly increased among physician practices between 2007 and 2010, according to a study published in the American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits,...
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