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October 29, 2005

Electronic Rx could ease errors at doctors' offices

In Business Las Vegas | Electronic Rx could ease errors at doctors' offices Electronic Rx could ease errors at doctors' offices   By Michelle Swafford / Staff Writer Southern Nevada physicians can soon convert to electronic prescriptions with no initial... [continued]

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October 28, 2005

Sununu introduces bill encouraging doctors to write electronic prescriptions

Sununu introduces bill encouraging doctors to write electronic prescriptions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: BARBARA RILEY 10/28/05 SUNUNU INTRODUCES BILL ENCOURAGING DOCTORS TO WRITE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS “Electronic Prescription Drug Act of 2005” provides incentives to physicians writing prescriptions covered under Medicare... [continued]

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October 27, 2005

Medicare/Medicaid center studies local e-Prescribing Initiative; may lead to lower health care costs

Crain's Detroit Business Medicare/Medicaid center studies local e-Prescribing Initiative; may lead to lower health care costsBy Michelle MartinezOct. 27, 2005 12:56 PMThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday launched a two-year study of the Southeast Michigan e-Prescribing Initiative,... [continued]

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Upstate New York Regional Health Information Exchange (RHIO) Signs with Healthvision; Adirondack Regional Community Health Makes Healthvision's Second Large RHIO in New York

Upstate New York Regional Health Information Exchange (RHIO) Signs with Healthvision; Adirondack Regional Community Health Makes Healthvision's Second Large RHIO in New York October 27, 2005 06:00 AM US Eastern Timezone Upstate New York Regional Health Information Exchange (RHIO) Signs with... [continued]

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E-Health Information Exchange Expands In Rural Area

InformationWeek > E-Health Initiatives > E-Health Information Exchange Expands In Rural Area > October 27, 2005 E-Health Information Exchange Expands In Rural Area A new deal in upstate New York provides for electronic prescribing, referral management, and secure patient communications.... [continued]

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E-Health Information Exchange Expands In Rural Area

InformationWeek > E-Health Initiatives > E-Health Information Exchange Expands In Rural Area > October 27, 2005 E-Health Information Exchange Expands In Rural Area A new deal in upstate New York provides for electronic prescribing, referral management, and secure patient communications.... [continued]

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Medco, Medicare to study electronic Rxing

United Press International - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper Medco, Medicare to study electronic Rxing Oct. 27, 2005 at 2:23PM Medco Health Solutions said Thursday it has teamed with the federal government to study whether electronic prescribing is cutting medical errors.      ... [continued]

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October 26, 2005

Zix Corporation Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Earns Two Honors

Zix Corporation Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Earns Two Honors: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance Zix Corporation Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Earns Two HonorsWednesday October 26, 2:55 pm ET Dr. Daniel Sands to Serve AMIA and American... [continued]

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October 25, 2005

Device ensures accurate prescriptions

delawareonline ¦ The News Journal ¦ Device ensures accurate prescriptions Device ensures accurate prescriptions Electronic assistant eliminates need to decipher doctors' handwriting By IN-SUNG YOOThe News Journal 10/25/2005 We've all heard the jokes about doctors and their messy penmanship. But... [continued]

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October 24, 2005

NHS Connecting for Health Contracts Support for Primary Care Data Quality

NHS Connecting for Health Contracts Support for Primary Care Data Quality NHS Connecting for Health Contracts Support for Primary Care Data Quality NHS Connecting for Health has appointed the University of Nottingham to provide a training and analysis service for... [continued]

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Senator Kennedy Joins International and Local Health Care Leaders Examining New Initiatives to Improve the Quality and Safety of Patient Care: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Senator Kennedy Joins International and Local Health Care Leaders Examining New Initiatives to Improve the Quality and Safety of Patient Care: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance Senator Kennedy Joins International and Local Health Care Leaders Examining New Initiatives to Improve... [continued]

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DrFirst Chosen by Whatcom County for ePrescribing Initiative in Support of The Foundation for eHealth Initiative Goals

DrFirst Chosen by Whatcom County for ePrescribing Initiative in Support of The Foundation for eHealth Initiative Goals DrFirst Chosen by Whatcom County for ePrescribing Initiative in Support of The Foundation for eHealth Initiative Goals BELLINGHAM, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2005--DrFirst, the... [continued]

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October 21, 2005

CIMIT Hosts State Senators Jack Hart and Richard T. Moore During Fact-Finding Mission on Technologies to Improve Health Care: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

CIMIT Hosts State Senators Jack Hart and Richard T. Moore During Fact-Finding Mission on Technologies to Improve Health Care: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance CIMIT Hosts State Senators Jack Hart and Richard T. Moore During Fact-Finding Mission on Technologies to... [continued]

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PRESS RELEASE Connecting Physicians Program From McKesson Speeds Clinical IT Adoption and Drives Community Connectivity

PRESS RELEASE Connecting Physicians Program From McKesson Speeds Clinical IT Adoption and Drives Community Connectivity Connecting Physicians Program From McKesson Speeds Clinical IT Adoption and Drives Community Connectivity New Program Focuses on Proven e-Prescribing and Patient Connectivity Tools as Key... [continued]

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More doctors turn to e-mail

reviewjournal.com -- News - More doctors turn to e-mail More doctors turn to e-mail Statewide plan in works for prescriptions By PAUL HARASIMREVIEW-JOURNAL It is a health care tradition long embedded in the American psyche: Your physician sits down and... [continued]

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October 19, 2005

Zix Corporation Ranks 73 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List; Company Recognized Nationally for Rapid Revenue Growth

Zix Corporation Ranks 73 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List; Company Recognized Nationally for Rapid Revenue Growth Zix Corporation Ranks 73 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List; Company Recognized Nationally for Rapid Revenue Growth DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct.... [continued]

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October 18, 2005

National Community Pharmacists Association Encourages Independent Pharmacies to Support Growing Electronic Prescribing Trend

dBusinessNews :: Daily Business News Delivered to Your Desktop National Community Pharmacists Association Encourages Independent Pharmacies to Support Growing Electronic Prescribing Trend South Florida -- Bruce Roberts, R.Ph., executive vice president and chief executive officer of the National Community Pharmacists... [continued]

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October 17, 2005

Blue Cross will connect doctors, patients on Web

Physician Practices - bizjournals.com October 17, 2005 Blue Cross will connect doctors, patients on Web Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City will offer a new online doctor-patient communication service to qualifying HMO members starting in January, the provider... [continued]

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October 14, 2005

High level Electronic Prescription Service Implementation Strategy and Funding

High level Electronic Prescription Service Implementation Strategy and Funding Connecting for Health has released a high level implementation strategy  for the deployment of the Electronic Prescription Service (ETP). The circulation of this strategy has coincided with the  PSNC and Department... [continued]

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SureScripts Technology Vendors Gather to Share Best Practices for Maximizing Adoption of Electronic Prescribing

SureScripts Technology Vendors Gather to Share Best Practices for Maximizing Adoption of Electronic Prescribing Potomac -- SureScripts, the nation's largest network provider of electronic prescribing services, convened nearly 20 physician technology solution providers today to share best practices and address... [continued]

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SureScripts Technology Vendors Gather to Share Best Practices for Maximizing Adoption of Electronic Prescribing

SureScripts Technology Vendors Gather to Share Best Practices for Maximizing Adoption of Electronic Prescribing Potomac -- SureScripts, the nation's largest network provider of electronic prescribing services, convened nearly 20 physician technology solution providers today to share best practices and address... [continued]

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Cerner Connects to SureScripts Network for Electronic Prescribing

Cerner Connects to SureScripts Network for Electronic Prescribing Friday October 14, 9:37 am ET ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2005--SureScripts, the nation's largest network provider of electronic prescribing services, and Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ:CERN - News), the leading supplier of healthcare information... [continued]

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October 13, 2005

NAMC Newswire - Special Opportunities for Healthcare IT in Physician Organizations

NAMC Newswire - Special Opportunities for Healthcare IT in Physician Organizations Thursday, 13 October 2005 Special Opportunities for Healthcare IT in Physician Organizations MANASQUAN, NJ, (NAMC) - Written off for dead just a few years ago, independent physician practice associations... [continued]

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October 12, 2005

McDermott Will & Emery - United States - CMS And OIG Propose New Stark Law Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors for E-Prescribing and EHRS (12/10/2005) from Mondaq

McDermott Will & Emery - United States - CMS And OIG Propose New Stark Law Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors for E-Prescribing and EHRS (12/10/2005) from Mondaq United States: CMS And OIG Propose New Stark Law Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Safe... [continued]

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October 10, 2005

HHS proposes exemption from anti-kickback laws for health IT

HHS proposes exemption from anti-kickback laws for health IT 10/10/05 By Mary Mosquera,GCN Staff   The Health and Human Services Department last week proposed an exception to federal anti-kickback laws that would let physicians receive hardware, software and training from... [continued]

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RelayHealth Launches New Patient Care Management Tools

WECT TV6 & WECT.com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - RelayHealth Launches New Patient Care Management Tools RelayHealth Launches New Patient Care Management Tools EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- RelayHealth Corporation, the nation's premier provider of health plan-reimbursed... [continued]

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October 07, 2005

SecureCARE Technologies Partners With NDCHealth to Reduce the Paper Burden of Prescription Refills

SecureCARE Technologies Partners With NDCHealth to Reduce the Paper Burden of Prescription Refills Austin - AUSTIN -- SecureCARE Technologies, Inc. , a leading Internet-based document exchange and e-signature solution company for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has signed... [continued]

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AHIC starts work on early health IT uses

AHIC starts work on early health IT uses 10/07/05 By Mary Mosquera,GCN Staff AAMB3(); The public-private organization formed to advance health IT standards began to prioritize early uses of health IT in its first meeting today. The American Health Information... [continued]

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Allscripts to Report 2005 Third Quarter Results on October 26

Allscripts to Report 2005 Third Quarter Results on October 26  October 07, 2005 01:23 PM US Eastern Timezone Allscripts to Report 2005 Third Quarter Results on October 26 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2005--Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity... [continued]

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October 06, 2005

Feds to relax rules to spread e-record use (1st Update)

Feds to relax rules to spread e-record use (1st Update) By Todd ZwillichOct 6, 2005, 19:00 GMT WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt said Wednesday the federal government will seek to relax... [continued]

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October 05, 2005

U.S. Wants To Make It Easier For Doctors To Adopt Health IT > October 5, 2005

InformationWeek > Health Care > U.S. Wants To Make It Easier For Doctors To Adopt Health IT > October 5, 2005 U.S. Wants To Make It Easier For Doctors To Adopt Health IT Oct. 5, 2005   Changes in U.S. Department... [continued]

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HealthCentral- U.S. Issues Rules for Electronic Prescriptions, Records

HealthCentral- U.S. Issues Rules for Electronic Prescriptions, Records U.S. Issues Rules for Electronic Prescriptions, Records The U.S. government has issued new regulations that further President Bush's goal of converting most of the nation's drug prescriptions and health records to electronic... [continued]

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HHS Accelerates Use of e Prescribing and Electronic Health Records

HHS Accelerates Use of e Prescribing and Electronic Health Records HHS Accelerates Use of e Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Posted by: HHS on 10-05-2005. "Electronic prescribing enables a physician to transmit a prescription electronically to a patient's pharmacy of... [continued]

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Zix Corporation Sells Dr. Chart(R) Service to MITEM

Zix Corporation Sells Dr. Chart(R) Service to MITEM DALLAS -- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(R)), (Nasdaq:ZIXI), a global provider of secure e-messaging and e-prescribing solutions and services, today announced it has sold its Dr. Chart online lab ordering and results service to... [continued]

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First Statewide Electronic Prescribing Initiative Launched for All Physicians in the State of Nevada

First Statewide Electronic Prescribing Initiative Launched for All Physicians in the State of Nevada LAS VEGAS & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2005--   Sierra Health Services & Clark County Medical Society to Fund Electronic Prescribing For All Physicians in Nevada  ... [continued]

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October 04, 2005

Grant to provide relief on cost of prescriptions

Grant to provide relief on cost of prescriptions By BETTY JESPERSENStaff Writer  FARMINGTON -- A two-year, $1.7 million federal grant has been awarded to Franklin Health Access, a program of the Franklin Community Health Network, to bring affordable or free... [continued]

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Zix Corporation Sells Dr. Chart ® Service to MITEM

Blue Iris - Zix Corporation Sells Dr. Chart ® Service to MITEM DALLAS and MENLO PARK , CALIF. — Oct. 4, 2005 — Zix Corporation (ZixCorp ® ), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), a global provider of secure e-messaging and e-prescribing solutions and... [continued]

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October 03, 2005

Independence Blue Cross Selects Allscripts for e-Prescribing Initiative; Philadelphia's Largest Health Insurer to Promote Physician Adoption of Electronic Prescribing

Independence Blue Cross Selects Allscripts for e-Prescribing Initiative; Philadelphia's Largest Health Insurer to Promote Physician Adoption of Electronic Prescribing PHILADELPHIA -- Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today... [continued]

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