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By now, it’s safe to say that the vast majority of medical practitioners have heard of electronic prescription management, more commonly known as “E-prescribing.” But for those who aren’t yet familiar with it: e-prescribing is the computer-based electronic generation, transmission and filling...
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Prescription abandonment is a growing concern in the medical community. With more and more doctors having digital access to patient medication history data through e-prescribing and electronic health record systems, it is becoming increasingly clear that patients never pick up prescribed medications...
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The DrFirst team is back from Houston, after officially wrapping up the 94th Annual Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting. We met with endocrinologists from all over the world: Argentina, China, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and of course, the U.S. Doctors continue to be excited about our Rcopia-MU℠ product as...
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PQRS – the Physician Quality Reporting System – is a very hot topic in physician practices right now. In a nutshell, it is a Medicare program that allows doctors to take advantage of another federal healthcare incentive by reporting on quality measures. DrFirst is now including this reporting capability...
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Drug Abuse Fueled by Doctor Shopping Continues to be Epidemic Misuse of controlled prescription drugs continues to be an enormous problem in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths from drug overdoses exceeded the number of deaths from traffic accidents in 2009. Of...
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How often do you get personal invitation to a private White House Colloquium? Whatever is your answer, for this author it was an exciting surprise and a unique opportunity to walk into a historic building adjacent to the President’s official residence – the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington...
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The healthcare industry has been talking about the benefits of e-prescribing for years. By now, the advantagesoffered to your practice and your patients—through increased workflow efficiency and reduced medication errors—are obvious. However,making e-prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS) available...
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HIStalk reader “Kermit” pointed out a recent video published by the Massachusetts Medical Society’s “Physician Focus” program featuring Tom Sullivan, MD, Chief Strategic Officer at DrFirst, and Hugh Taylor, M.D. The video aims to discuss what health IT really is and what...
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AS e-mail and texting have become our favored means of written communication, handwriting has almost disappeared. Penmanship is becoming a modern form of hieroglyphics, intelligible only to literary scholars. Enlarge This Image David Pohl But one place where handwriting persists is on medical prescriptions...
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A Food and Drug Administration July 19, 2011, press release announced: FDA outlines oversight of mobile medical applications. The release listed various apps being considered for regulation and how the regulations would be enforced. The final regulations are open to public comment. Mobile medical health...
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Healthcare is on the verge of a revolution in mobile technology thanks to a WiFi. According to the WiFi Alliance, WiFi technology is expected to explode, becoming more affordable, faster, more available and more reliable. WiFi could soon replace all 3G and 4G networks and make WiFi coverage universally...
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Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are serious threats in nursing home and assisted living facilities where the advanced age and poor health of most patients make them more vulnerable than the general population. This effect is compounded by many patients taking multiple medications significantly increasing...
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The next level of value added could be detecting patient non-adherence, treatment conflicts, or medication reconciliation. You also have your RcopiaAC product that allows hospitals to get a full medication history from outside their four walls. Other than patient convenience, what do you see as the next...
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Tell me about yourself and about DrFirst. I started in healthcare in the pharmacy benefits management industry. I joined PCS Health Systems in the early ‘90s and spent about 10 years there, largely in product management. I worked in developing what...
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Connecting stakeholders within the healthcare industry is what DrFirst does. Whether you’re a physician, patient, hospital, health plan, or an EHR/EMR vendor, DrFirst can help increase positive clinical patient outcomes, while aiding doctors in making the best and most informed decisions. Learn...
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