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 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...