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 ...

Patients over 50 years old report preferring electronic prescriptions over paper prescriptions, according to a study in Perspectives in Health Information Management. Researchers conducted a telephone ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has finalized a series of new rules related to the use of technology for electronic prescribing and prior authorization. In the rules, the Assistant ...

Telehealth prescribing has reshaped behavioral healthcare delivery across the U.S., making essential medications more accessible than ever before. Recent data shows the proportion of Medicaid ...

In November, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) indicated that the DEA may soon offer a fourth extension of telehealth e-prescribing flexibilities. For the last 5 years since the Covid PHE ...

A pending rule from the DEA that would impose tight controls on e-prescribing of controlled substances has been slammed by a handful of industry groups as being too restrictive and, in some cases, too ...

The last 5 years have seen a rapid rise in the use of electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems across NHS trusts. But how safe are they? Priscilla Lynch reports. Electronic ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule that, for the first time, is requiring that Part D prescription drug plans support a new electronic prior authorization ...

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