An article that appeared in the July 19 Buffalo News, "Report shows local increase in electronic prescriptions," noted that 27 percent of doctors in Western New York currently use an e-prescribing ...

CHICAGO (May 4, 2009) – New research published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that the adoption of electronic prescribing systems may allow for greater ...

Why it matters: Medication errors remain a major cause of preventable harm, and e-prescribing systems can significantly reduce these risks through automation and integrated safety checks. What’s ...

Clinicians using an electronic prescribing system appear more likely to prescribe lower-cost medications, reducing drug spending, according to a report in the December 8/22 issue of Archives of ...

Digital prescribing is changing how medications are ordered and managed, helping clinicians save time and reduce mistakes. By linking directly with electronic health records and pharmacies, these ...

In a health plan–sponsored e-prescribing initiative, participating PCPs' mean e-prescribing rate was 1 prescription per 4 pharmacy claims, but some PCPs achieved high use. Using records from an ...

Some e-prescribing systems rely too much on patients to remember details about their medications and are vulnerable to delays when pharmacy networks crash, according to members of an HHS workgroup.

A study has identified challenges facing physicians using e-prescribing systems, citing cumbersome tools and non-useful data as barriers to use, according to the study from Center for Studying Health ...

Just in time to take effect along with the Medicare prescription drug benefit on Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made official its starter set of standards for Medicare ...

Recent study findings show electronic prescribing systems fall short in identifying physicians at higher risk of making a serious prescribing error for quality assurance purposes, according to a study ...