Medication Management Traps for EHR Vendors
Almost 20 years ago I wrote an article titled “Develop Your Own EMR – Are You Crazy,” followed 7 years later by the article “Develop Your Own EMR – You’re Still Crazy.” The premise…
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Tag: ePrescribing
How E-Prescribing Improves Opioid Safety and PDMP Compliance in Healthcare
Jessica Wagner, COO at RXNT
According to recent CDC data, opioids remain the driving force behind the vast majority of U.S. drug overdose deaths. While prescription rates have declined over the past several years, opioid-related…
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DoseSpot Partners with Amazon Pharmacy to Enhance E-Prescribing Access and Affordability
What You Should Know:
– DoseSpot, a provider of e-prescribing, insurance verification, and revenue cycle management solutions, today announced its collaboration with Amazon Pharmacy, a full-service, online pharmacy.
– The partnership aims to provide DoseSpot users…
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Build or Buy? HTI-2 Presents Health IT Vendors With a Strategic Fork in the Regulatory Road – Regulatory Talk Series | Healthcare IT Today
The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the fifth in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series.
With the public comment period now closed, the newly…
Parachute Health Launches Integrated Solution of DME Ordering with Prior Authorization
What You Should Know: – Parachute Health, a platform for DME (Durable Medical Equipment) and HME (Home Medical Equipment) ordering, has announced a groundbreaking partnership to revolutionize the DME ordering process. – The strategic…
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34,000 medication errors reported last year despite investments in tech
The Express has reported that last year 34,000 medication errors were made, with 21 incidents leading to patient death, and a further 27 leading to serious harm.It revealed that overall, 5,500 patients were damaged…
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VieCure Streamlines Cancer Care with Integrated E-Prescribing and Medication Management
What You Should Know:
– VieCure, a leading cancer care company, announced today that it’s integrating DrFirst’s e-prescribing and medication management solutions into its clinical decision support system.
– VieCure is a well-established point-of-care intelligence system…
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Surescripts reports increase in patient data sharing across HIE network
By Hannah Nelson
March 11, 2024 – The Surescripts 2023 National Progress Report underscores interoperability gains across the health information exchange (HIE) network, including a 10 percent increase in patient data sharing compared to 2022.
Overall, the…
Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off | Healthcare IT Today
Two bills in U.S. Congress this year are expected to boost e-prescriptions. This article explains the complexities that makes it so hard to implement electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), summarizes the intended impacts…
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Pharmacy Interoperability and Pharmacy Perspectives Coming Out of the ONC Annual Meeting | Healthcare IT Today
It never ceases to amaze me how integral the role of the pharmacist could be to a patient and how many pharmacists are relegated to counting pills and checking insurance. I first experienced this…
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