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E-prescribing growth not as slow as article portrays
The electronic routing of prescriptions from physician offices to pharmacies grew significantly from 2010 to 2011, to judge by the latest Surescripts data. According to an article in the New York
State bill would force docs to check controlled substance database
Massachusetts legislators are voting today on a bill to require physicians to check a prescription-drug abuse database before prescribing pain meds. It's part of a larger statewide effort to rein in
States seek increase in monitoring of controlled substance prescriptions
Efforts in two states to force physicians who prescribe controlled substances to access a drug monitoring database prior to writing those prescriptions indicate that such databases aren't used
Growth of e-prescribing intriguing, but far from finished
Surescripts, a company that connects physician offices to pharmacies online, has released electronic prescribing data for 2010 that show a rapid expansion of this key health IT capability. The number
HIMSS: Reluctant prescribers are the biggest barrier to e-prescribing adoption
After the DEA officially lifted the restrictions against the use of electronic prescribing for controlled substances in June, it eliminated the single greatest barrier to e-prescribing in a decade.
Pain docs push for standardization of state drug tracking systems
Though 41 states have enacted legislation to create databases to combat "pharm-aholics" and other regular seekers of addictive prescription drugs, there still are some major holes in plans to set up
There's plenty of time to install a client-server EMR, but MU rules remain ambiguous
Given the relatively short timeline for achieving "meaningful use" of EMRs, some have suggested that software-as-a-service is the only way to go for physician practices that haven't started
e-Rx growth accelerates, and DEA ruling could spur more adoption
Just as predicted at the end of 2008, e-prescribing volume nearly tripled in 2009, according to prescription transaction network Surescripts. And the growth has picked up this year. Surescripts
DEA releases long-awaited rule on e-prescribing of controlled substances
After years of promises and delays both bureaucratic and political, electronic prescribing of controlled substances is almost a reality. The Drug Enforcement Agency on Wednesday moved a step closer
SPOTLIGHT: Tracking of controlled substances
California now has a statewide, web-based tool to track the use of narcotics and other controlled substances, in hopes of preventing duplication of prescriptions that could feed patient addictions.
