Background: Adverse drug events (ADEs) represent a significant cause of injury in the ambulatory care setting. Computerized physician order entry reduces rates of serious medication errors that can ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Gawande questioned why the e-prescribing of controlled substances like opioids, despite being allowed legally, has been adopted in practices representing only 8% of all physicians. Technological ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed an association between implementation of a state-mandated electronic prescribing policy ...

Transactional data from the Surescripts electronic prescribing network may be used to track electronic health record adoption efficiently and with regional granularity. This study compared national ...

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 ...

The Leapfrog Group published a report in late June suggesting computerized prescribing systems can miss errors if not monitored regularly, which could lead to fatalities, according to a news release ...

Whether prescribed legitimately or obtained illegally, prescription painkillers are being abused at an alarming rate and with devastating consequences. The electronic prescribing of controlled ...

CHICAGO (May 4, 2009) – New research published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that the adoption of electronic prescribing systems may allow for greater ...