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E-prescribing enjoying steady growth
More than one in two office-based physicians used electronic prescribing in 2011, up from one in 10 just three years ago, according to the recently released Surescripts 2011 National Progress Report....
Docs punished for not e-prescribing, despite exemptions
Physicians who last year applied for hardship exemptions from Medicare electronic prescribing penalties have begun seeing their Medicare payments reduced by 1 percent, according to an article
eRx barriers could be onerous for docs aiming for Meaningful Use
While the transition to electronic prescribing for new prescriptions is progressing nicely, work is still needed with regard to e-prescribing of renewals, adoption by mail order pharmacies, and staff
Verizon health ID management expands to cover EHRs, HIEs
Verizon is expanding its cloud-based identity-management services for healthcare providers. Verizon Universal Identify Services-Healthcare, founded in November 2010, now supports new identity
'Hardship' exemption in final eRx rule helps docs avoid penalties
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in the just-published final rule on its e-prescribing incentive program , added an important new "hardship" exemption to penalties that otherwise
CMS e-prescribing proposal slammed over physician penalties
The American Medical Association (AMA) and 91 specialty societies criticized the government's proposed new rules on electronic prescribing in comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Physician EMR use tops 50 percent for first time
For the first time, more than half of office-based U.S. physicians are using some form of EMR in their practices, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's annual National
State Department seeks ambulatory EHR for overseas health sites
The U.S. Department of State is seeking to install a worldwide ambulatory EHR for the 50,000 federal employees and their families assigned to embassies and consulates in 170 countries, Government
Enterprise m-health will be $1.7B market by 2014
In a recent post on the Chilmark Research blog , John Moore noted how mobile technology is a disruptive force in healthcare. "And with disruption, opportunity blooms," he wrote. If we only knew what
GAO: EHRs improve care coordination, quality at large health systems
EHRs can, in fact, improve the quality of care, at least at large, integrated delivery systems, says a new report from the Government Accountability Office. But even major provider organizations
