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

Prescription pads are becoming a thing of the past. Health systems, hospitals, physicians and pharmacies are increasingly getting onboard with electronic prescribing. 1. E-prescribing is the process ...

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 § ...

Electronic prescribing of controlled substances reduces fraud and keeps patients from getting multiple prescriptions for the same drug, but only three states require it and one doesn't even enforce ...

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.

Electronic prescribing has long been seen as a way to speed up and increase accuracy in the delivery of medication. But a new study shows that both physician practices and pharmacies face barriers to ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Giant Food has clicked with its electronic prescribing venture since its inception last year, said Russell Fair, vice president, pharmacy operations for the Landover, Md.-based ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 75 percent of U.S. doctors will be writing electronic prescriptions within five years, thanks to new federal spending to encourage e-prescribing, according to a ...

Three out of four prescribers say medication cost is a major or moderate barrier to patients starting or continuing treatment, yet most have limited insight into whether prescriptions are ultimately ...

GetRxConnected.com aims to persuade physicians to switch from paper-based medical prescriptions to e-prescribing, claiming it can reduce errors and save lives Five doctors organizations have launched ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Emergency departments in rural hospitals may be behind their urban counterparts in switching to computerized drug prescriptions, a new study finds. President Barack Obama ...

Experienced e-prescribers can write new prescriptions electronically as fast as they can on paper. "E-prescribing has never slowed me down," says Morrow. And electronic renewals are often viewed as a ...