Will we ever get the DEA away from paper? With the current move to e-prescribing the DEA has not come up with their exact plan yet to work with providers to make it easier to e-prescribe instead of having to use the old antiquated 4 part paper pads. As posted previously, there is a pilot...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 09-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Health IT, Electronic Medical Records, Physicians, Prescriptions, e-Prescriptions, DEA, AMA, medicaitons, American Hospital Association
The hospital has a pilot program ongoing, so this is a good resource to check and see how things are evolving. This has been a real tough spot with providers "that like e-prescribing" and dislike the idea of pulling out the paper pad for these types of prescriptions, which you can't...
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on 09-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Physicians, Controlled substances, e-Prescriptions, DEA, Medications
The big one here is eliminating the DEA ban on e-prescribing for controlled substances. Many physicians who currently e-prescribe have complained about this being one big drawback for the entire process, and rightly so. As difficult as it has been to get new physicians to “buy in”, the DEA...
More news from Microsoft and partners on the HealthVault this week. About a month ago I posted on the new campaign aimed at consumers that is starting at the pharmacy level to promote e-Prescribing . Well that time is here as efforts are under way. I was at an practice this week and...
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on 06-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, EMR, microsoft, EHR, Health Care, PHR, e-Prescriptions, HealthVault
A minimum of 80 prescriptions is required to qualify for incentives...there's also a PDA version for wireless use...working with partnerships with RelayHealth, and SureScripts...L.A. Care has more than 750,000 enrolled members...ZixCorp also offered a mail encryption service....BD DALLAS, May 22...