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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.
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
Senators urge end to fight over e-prescribing controlled substances
For a couple of years now, regulatory agencies and legislators have been wrangling over e-prescribing. On the whole, legislators and health officials seem pretty convinced that e-prescribing is a
