December 8, 2008 — Electronic prescribing with formulary decision support to prescribe medications was effective in reducing costs, according to the results of a study reported in the December 8/22 ...

While physician practices and pharmacies reported satisfaction with electronic prescribing and perceived greater efficiency and patient safety, inconsistent electronic renewals created barriers to ...

Electronic medical records (EMR) and prescriptions can improve the actual delivery of care and services. With that in mind, a coalition of medical, pharmaceutical, and other groups has created a ...

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has rolled out an electronic prescribing and medicine administration (ePMA) system.

Medical cannabis remains the only controlled substance in the state for which physicians cannot monitor patient use, confirm ...

Physician use of e-prescribing rose 75 percent in 2011, with 36 percent of prescriptions routed electronically compared to 22 percent in 2010, according to the most recent National Progress Report on ...

LAS VEGAS—A new analysis finds that more pharmacists are electronically prescribing medications as they assist in managing chronic disease, which offers a peek at the next evolution in primary care.

WASHINGTON — Doctors in the government’s Medicare program would lose money if they don’t switch from writing prescriptions by hand to filing them electronically, under a proposal backed by ...

Last week, the Drug Enforcement Administration released its long awaited Interim Final Rule on e-Prescribing of Controlled Substances. It’s 334 pages long, but the most important portion is section § ...

The United States’s healthcare system often seems like a paradox — our nation leads the world in technological innovation, and we invest more money per capita in healthcare than any other country.

Surescripts is up for sale and has hired a bank to search for potential buyers, including private equity firms. The company dominates electronic prescribing, processing 2.5 billion prescriptions in ...