Dec 24 2014 in Electronic Health Records News, Electronic Prescribing News by Vladimire Herard
Electronic prescribing to prescribe medicines is found to reign in costs with more support from formulary decisionmakers, a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds. Researchers Michael A. Fischer, MD, MS, with the Harvard Medical School in Boston and his colleagues say e-prescribing with formulary decision support, also known as FDS, enables pharmacists to issue […]
Dec 24 2014 in Electronic Health Records News, Electronic Prescribing News by Vladimire Herard
Electronic prescribing at primary healthcare facilities is found to decrease medical costs, increase worksite staff morale and render technological systems more efficient, researchers and author of a study of five such organizations in the Annals of Family Medicine publication found. Most physicians who establish e-prescribing in their facilities do not make meaningful use of such […]
Dec 24 2014 in Electronic Health Records News, Electronic Prescribing News by Vladimire Herard
Checking the dosage and height and weight are among the different ways that pharmacists, medical facilities and software vendors can safeguard against medical errors in electronic prescribing, a Canadian case study finds. In the case study, which appeared as an article titled “Electronic prescribing vulnerabilities” in July 31, 2010 in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! […]