This is a comparative effectiveness study that evaluates the safety effects of 2 types of commercially available electronic prescribing systems. The increasingly widespread adoption of electronic ...

The use of electronic health record systems in doctors’ offices and hospitals has hit a major speed bump, and rightly so, with the federal government winning a $145 million civil and criminal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed an association between implementation of a state-mandated electronic prescribing policy ...

Electronic medical records (EMR) and prescriptions can improve the actual delivery of care and services. With that in mind, a coalition of medical, pharmaceutical, and other groups has created a ...

With the signature of President Obama in 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) became law. The focus of HITECH was to stimulate adoption of electronic ...

LAS VEGAS—A new analysis finds that more pharmacists are electronically prescribing medications as they assist in managing chronic disease, which offers a peek at the next evolution in primary care.

In a health plan–sponsored e-prescribing initiative, participating PCPs' mean e-prescribing rate was 1 prescription per 4 pharmacy claims, but some PCPs achieved high use. Using records from an ...

Prescription pads are becoming a thing of the past. Health systems, hospitals, physicians and pharmacies are increasingly getting onboard with electronic prescribing. 1. E-prescribing is the process ...

Here's one for the important-but-obvious files. New research at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York finds that medical professionals writing prescriptions by hand are seven times more likely to ...

Since January 2026, around 44,000 federal police officers have also been connected to the e-prescription. They can also ...

Surescripts is up for sale and has hired a bank to search for potential buyers, including private equity firms. The company dominates electronic prescribing, processing 2.5 billion prescriptions in ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surescripts®, the nation’s leading health information network, is expanding its E-Prescribing service to include medications ordered by veterinarians through a new ...