Few patients take a paper prescription down to the local pharmacy any more. The modern era of prescribing is shockingly complex and getting more so, according to Dr. Colin Banas, Chief Medical Officer, and…
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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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Digital mental health unicorn Cerebral has raised $25 million in capital, according to public records. The funding appears to be connected to its latest M&A effort.
In August, Cerebral announced its first-ever acquisition of virtual behavioral health…
Staff members at Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH) holding ’50’ balloons to mark 50 days until the go-live of the EPR (Credit: QVH)
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will launch its first electronic patient…
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Adva Tzuk Onn, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of FeelBetter
As older adults increasingly find themselves managing 10 to 15 medications—spanning prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs, and supplements—the urgency to refine medication management has never been greater. Over the last two decades, the…
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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise electronic patient record (EPR) to its community services and outpatient departments.
The go live in June 2025 is aimed at supporting care beyond the…
University Hospital of Wales has gone live with an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system in its nephrology and transplant wards.
The rollout at Wales’ largest hospital began on 8 July 2025, in partnership with…
Yvette Khozam, ePMA lead pharmacist at West London NHS Trust (Credit: YSK Designs)
Current safety standards can’t keep up with AI, writes Yvette Khozam, electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) lead pharmacist at West…
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ASTP/ONC’s HTI-4 final rule finalizes certain proposals from the HTI-2 Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability proposed rule, including new and updated health IT certification criteria for electronic prior authorization, electronic prescribing,…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a new final rule, the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Electronic Prescribing, Real-Time Prescription Benefit and Electronic Prior Authorization…
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