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November 16, 2006

HIT Perspectives | Guess the IRS Didn't Get The Memo ...

HIT Perspectives: Guess the IRS Didn't Get The Memo.Guess the IRS Didn't Get The Memoby Tony Schueth, Managing PartnerGuess the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) didn't get the memo that the Federal government would like to encourage physician adoption of... [continued]

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March 03, 2006

FILLING A NEED | Asbury Park Press Online

APP.COM v4.0 - FILLING A NEED | Asbury Park Press Online. FILLING A NEED A lot can go wrong with prescriptions; e-prescribing aims to change that Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/3/06BY JOSEPH PICARDSTAFF WRITER Several months... [continued]

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February 13, 2006

Healthcare Technologies Symposium “Healthcare on the Record”

Healthcare Technologies Symposium “Healthcare on the Record”. Healthcare Technologies Symposium “Healthcare on the Record” Date:      1 March 2006 Time:     6pm Venue:   City University, London Sponsored by: Centre for Health Informatics/City Livery Companies and UK Health Informatics Society Theme: This... [continued]

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February 10, 2006

Determine the Current and Prospective Opportunities in Online Tools, Such as eSampling, as a Marketing Channel to Reach Selected Physician Audiences

Determine the Current and Prospective Opportunities in Online Tools, Such as eSampling, as a Marketing Channel to Reach Selected Physician Audiences. Determine the Current and Prospective Opportunities in Online Tools, Such as eSampling, as a Marketing Channel to Reach... [continued]

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February 08, 2006

DOD to test advanced e-prescribing system

DOD to test advanced e-prescribing system. DOD to test advanced e-prescribing system By Mary Mosquera GCN Staff 02/08/06This summer the Defense Department will test its new electronic pharmacy system, which will centralize and automate more of the electronic prescribing... [continued]

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February 07, 2006

E-prescribing: Just what the doctor ordered

E-prescribing: Just what the doctor ordered (phillyBurbs.com) | Courier Times. E-prescribing: Just what the doctor ordered By: JO CIAVAGLIA (Tue, Feb/07/2006) Health - One doctor prescription slip can buy many headaches - not to mention phone calls. Patients call... [continued]

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February 06, 2006

Health IT leaders set an aggressive schedule

Health IT leaders set an aggressive schedule 02/06/06; Vol. 25 No. 3 Health IT leaders set an aggressive schedule By Mary Mosquera GCN StaffPilots for e-health records, e-prescribing part of year-end plan Several small-scale tests of health IT over the... [continued]

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January 30, 2006

E-Prescribing Vendors Shrug Off BlackBerry Patent Dispute

E-Prescribing Vendors Shrug Off BlackBerry Patent Dispute. E-Prescribing Vendors Shrug Off BlackBerry Patent Dispute By M.L. Baker, Ziff Davis Internet January 30, 2006   A patent dispute that threatens to cut off some mobile executives' e-mails won't affect physicians who... [continued]

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January 27, 2006

The Changing Patient-Physician Relationship Part 2: the Physician's Perspective - Market Analysis Report

Datamonitor - The Changing Patient-Physician Relationship Part 2: the Physician's Perspective - Market Analysis Report. The Changing Patient-Physician Relationship Part 2: the Physician's Perspective Introduction The Internet has played a key role in changing the patient-physician relationship. Time constrains and... [continued]

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January 20, 2006

Eprescribing pilot contracts awarded by HHS

Eprescribing pilot contracts awarded by HHS. Eprescribing pilot contracts awarded by HHS 01/20/06 By Mary Mosquera,Contributing Staff Writer The Health and Human Services Department has awarded $6 million in contracts to launch a pilot project to test initial standards... [continued]

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January 16, 2006

Decentralisation of Spanish Regions to Spur Investment in Healthcare IT Infrastructure

Decentralisation of Spanish Regions to Spur Investment in Healthcare IT Infrastructure. Decentralisation of Spanish Regions to Spur Investment in Healthcare IT Infrastructure IT Systems Uptake to Hinge on Growing Importance of the Concept of Paperless Hospitals LONDON, January 16... [continued]

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January 12, 2006

Blue Cross To Give PDAs To 1,000 Doctors

WXII12.com - Technology - Blue Cross To Give PDAs To 1,000 Doctors. Blue Cross To Give PDAs To 1,000 Doctors POSTED: 3:25 pm EST January 12, 2006 UPDATED: 3:36 pm EST January 12, 2006 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Blue... [continued]

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December 12, 2005

Experts Say the Healthcare Industry is Looking to the Effective Use of E-Health Technology to Save Time and Ease Financial Pressures

Experts Say the Healthcare Industry is Looking to the Effective Use of E-Health Technology to Save Time and Ease Financial Pressures. Experts Say the Healthcare Industry is Looking to the Effective Use of E-Health Technology to Save Time and Ease... [continued]

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Jones Day - United States - Welcome to the Electronic Jungle: E-Prescribing, Medicare Part D, and HIPAA (12/12/2005) from Mondaq

Jones Day - United States - Welcome to the Electronic Jungle: E-Prescribing, Medicare Part D, and HIPAA (12/12/2005) from Mondaq. United States: Welcome to the Electronic Jungle: E-Prescribing, Medicare Part D, and HIPAA 12 December 2005Article by Kevin D... [continued]

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November 30, 2005

The Proposed Medicare E-Prescribing Rules Could be Adopted as Final Standards - Get Ready to Meet the Requirements: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

The Proposed Medicare E-Prescribing Rules Could be Adopted as Final Standards - Get Ready to Meet the Requirements: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance. The Proposed Medicare E-Prescribing Rules Could be Adopted as Final Standards - Get Ready to Meet... [continued]

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November 15, 2005

Highmark Inc. Contributes $26.5 Million to Fund Organization That Encourages Adoption of Health Information Technology

Highmark Inc. Contributes $26.5 Million to Fund Organization That Encourages Adoption of Health Information Technology Highmark eHealth Collaborative targets electronic prescribing as first                    initiative for Pennsylvania physicians    PITTSBURGH, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenneth R. Melani, M.D., Highmark Inc.president and chief... [continued]

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November 03, 2005

HHS finalizes e-prescribing standards for Medicare drug plan

HHS finalizes e-prescribing standards for Medicare drug plan HHS finalizes e-prescribing standards for Medicare drug plan 11/02/05 By Mary Mosquera,GCN Staff The Health and Human Services Department has announced the approval of a final rule to adopt foundation standards for... [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 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 07, 2005

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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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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September 29, 2005

Physicians, patients use electronic patient file, e-prescription

Digital Media Europe: News - Physicians, patients use electronic patient file, e-prescription 28/09/2005 by John TilakGerman social insurance company Bundesknappschaft and German IT services provider T-Systems have started their first field test in Germany with electronic patient files and electronic... [continued]

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September 12, 2005

Operation health IT

Operation health IT 09/12/05; Vol. 24 No. 27 Operation health IT By Mary Mosquera GCN StaffA consumer in the not-too-distant future will go to a drug store and pick up a prescribed medicine, knowing that the pharmacist has received an... [continued]

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September 08, 2005

Health IT standards body in the offing

Health IT standards body in the offing By Mary Mosquera GCN StaffHealth and Human Services secretary Michael Leavitt this week will name the members of the public/private organization that will set standards to enable the exchange of health care data.... [continued]

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September 07, 2005

NHS updates key targets in £6bn IT modernisation - Government & Law - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com

NHS updates key targets in £6bn IT modernisation - Government & Law - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com By Andy McCue Published: Wednesday 07 September 2005 The agency in charge of delivering the £6bn IT modernisation of the... [continued]

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September 05, 2005

Health care systems reducing prescription errors

Health care systems reducing prescription errors Health care systems reducing prescription errors Technology avoids questions over doctors' illegible scrawl Phill Trewyn More physicians in metro Milwaukee are beginning to shun pen and paper and prescribe patients' medication electronically using... [continued]

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September 04, 2005

Americans' health privacy violated

Americans' health privacy violated SUE BLEVINS State governments nationwide soon plan to electronically track Americans' use of commonly prescribed medications for pain, anxiety, attention-deficit disorder and sleep disorders. On Aug. 11, President Bush signed into law the National All Schedules... [continued]

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August 24, 2005

Sunday Times: Move to tackle hospital errors

Sunday Times: Move to tackle hospital errors [ 24aug05 ] Move to tackle hospital errorsFrom correspondents in Washington24aug05A GLOBAL initiative to stop hospital errors will focus on the old dictum "first, do no harm" by encouraging health care workers to... [continued]

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Intel Predicts Age of Mega-Automation of Health Care

Intel Predicts Age of Mega-Automation of Health Care By  M.L. Baker, eWEEK SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. intends to become another in a string of giant IT companies pledging to improve health care. At the Intel Developer Forum Tuesday, gloomy music played... [continued]

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Intel Predicts Age of Mega-Automation of Health Care

Intel Predicts Age of Mega-Automation of Health Care By  M.L. Baker, eWEEK SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. intends to become another in a string of giant IT companies pledging to improve health care. At the Intel Developer Forum Tuesday, gloomy music played... [continued]

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August 19, 2005

State law catches up with technology

Lincoln Journal Star Online By NANCY HICKS / Lincoln Journal StarDr. Michael Myers swivels his chair to a computer, calls up a patient record and types in a prescription. The computer dials up the pharmacy fax number and sends in... [continued]

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Digiens@u-City: The Digital Hospital

Digiens@u-City: The Digital Hospital Peter A. Gross has been a doctor for 40 years, rising up the ranks to become the chairman of internal medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. But one day this winter, a homeless... [continued]

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August 17, 2005

The eHealth Market in France: Assessing the Online Needs of Physicians and Consumers - Research and Markets - Market Research Reports

The eHealth Market in France: Assessing the Online Needs of Physicians and Consumers - Research and Markets - Market Research Reports IntroductionThe eHealth market in France, driven by patients and physicians demands for online services, will provide opportunities for pharmaceutical... [continued]

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August 13, 2005

States to monitor prescription drugs

States to monitor prescription drugs States to monitor prescription drugs Program may curb 'doctor shopping' Saturday, August 13, 2005 By Jonathan M. KatzAssociated Press WASHINGTON — President Bush has signed into law a bill sponsor ed by Rep. Ed Whitfield... [continued]

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August 08, 2005

Information Technology - Doctors Won't Go Out on A Limb on A Whim, Australia

Medical News Today News Article Information Technology - Doctors Won't Go Out on A Limb on A Whim, Australia 08 Aug 2005   AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today that doctors are well connected to information technology... [continued]

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August 06, 2005

Health IT project a headache: AMA

OptusNet News Health IT project a headache: AMA8:30 AM August 6 One of the government's key technology projects for the health sector has "major problems" and neglects the concerns of Australian doctors, an industry body has warned. The president of... [continued]

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August 04, 2005

Australian doctors are well connected to information technology in their practices

Australian doctors are well connected to information technology in their practices Devices/Technology Published: Thursday, 4-Aug-2005 Australian Medical Association (AMA) President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said this week that doctors are well connected to information technology in their practices, with over 90... [continued]

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August 03, 2005

Robot surgeon at new hospital

Herald Sun: Robot surgeon at new hospital [03aug05] Robot surgeon at new hospitalMichelle Pountney, health reporter03aug05A ROBOT surgeon is one of the centrepieces of the new Epworth Eastern hospital, which has officially opened in Box Hill.As one of Australia's most... [continued]

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July 21, 2005

Tech Health Bills Passed

RED HERRING | Tech Health Bills Passed House panel OKs bills on health IT systems and medicines database.July 21, 2005 Technology Daily   The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved two pieces of technology-related health legislation. One... [continued]

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July 19, 2005

Physicians Making 'E' a Way of Life

Physicians Making 'E' a Way of Life New Analysis Finds Physicians Shifting from Offline to Online World    NEW YORK, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Can't read your doctor's handwriting? Iftechnology adoption trends continue to evolve at the same pace, some day... [continued]

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June 17, 2005

NHS IT Programme Points to Successes | eGov monitor

NHS IT Programme Points to Successes | eGov monitor By eGov monitor NewsdeskPublished Friday, 17 June, 2005 - 12:22 Granger highlights progress of one of the world's largest civil IT projects Progress on the £6.2 billion IT modernisation of the... [continued]

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June 15, 2005

Technology and Medicine - Lowell Sun Online - Business

Lowell Sun Online - Business Technology and Medicine By DENISE MARCHIONDA , Sun Correspondent --> Dr. Frederick Wikander of Chelmsford Primary Care uses an “e-prescribing” system called Pocket Script. The system is run on a personal digital assistant, and allows... [continued]

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Research and Markets: Online Needs of Physicians and Consumers in the eHealth Market in Germany

Research and Markets: Online Needs of Physicians and Consumers in the eHealth Market in Germany 15 June 2005, 07:00am ET DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 2005--Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19229 ) has announced the addition of 'The eHealth Market in Germany:... [continued]

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June 11, 2005

Electronic prescribing looks like just what the doctor ordered

heraldsun.com: printer-friendly story Electronic prescribing looks like just what the doctor orderedBy Anne J. Tate, The Herald-SunJune 11, 2005   6:25 pm CHAPEL HILL -- Can't read your doctor's prescription? Now you may not have to. After a four-month testing... [continued]

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June 07, 2005

The eHealth Market in Germany: Assessing the Online Needs of Physicians and Consumers - Market Analysis Report

Datamonitor - The eHealth Market in Germany: Assessing the Online Needs of Physicians and Consumers - Market Analysis Report Introduction The eHealth market in Germany, driven by patients' and physicians' demands for online services, and by reforms to the healthcare... [continued]

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June 06, 2005

E-prescribing System Had No Effect on Formulary Compliance or Generic Drug Utilization Versus Traditional Prescribing; Plus, Differences Found in the Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Triptan Drugs

Market Wire News       ALEXANDRIA, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/06/2005 -- The June 2005 issue of the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy (JMCP) is now available in print and online. Featured articles include: E-prescribing System Had No... [continued]

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June 03, 2005

Blues to pay for inventory of health care IT investments

Crain's Detroit Business Blues to pay for inventory of health care IT investments By Michelle Martinez June 02 18:01:00, 2005 MACKINAC ISLAND — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan said Thursday that it would lead and finance a statewide inventory... [continued]

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June 01, 2005

Managed Healthcare Executive - June DTR Analysis: Uncovering administrative barriers

Managed Healthcare Executive - June DTR Analysis: Uncovering administrative barriers Jun 1, 2005 By: Tracey Walker Managed Healthcare Executive An opportunity exists for managed healthcare executives to help physicians go beyond the typical barriers to accessing certain medications, according to... [continued]

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May 17, 2005

Health IT Winners Are Familiar Names

Health IT Winners Are Familiar Names May 17, 2005By  M.L. Baker SALT LAKE CITY—The nonprofit Medical Records Institute announced the winners of its sixth annual awards in several health IT categories at its annual TEPR (Toward an Electronic Patient Record)... [continued]

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May 16, 2005

Research and Markets: Understand How the UK ePrescribing Pilots are Shaping Adoption of ePrescribing Technologies in Both the European and the US Markets

Research and Markets: Understand How the UK ePrescribing Pilots are Shaping Adoption of ePrescribing Technologies in Both the European and the US Markets DUBLIN, Ireland, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c17538 ) has announced the additionof Electronic Prescribing: Maintaining... [continued]

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May 12, 2005

Health Language, Inc. to Present at TEPR 2005 Conference

Health Language, Inc. to Present at TEPR 2005 Conference AURORA, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2005--Health Language, Inc., (HLI) the world's leading supplier of medical vocabulary and concept-based technology, will have two members of their leadership team presenting at the TEPR 2005... [continued]

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May 11, 2005

Patients Skip the Clipboards with Online Medical Records

Patients Skip the Clipboards with Online Medical Records Patients Skip the Clipboards with Online Medical RecordsMay 11, 2005 By  M.L. Baker, eWEEK Edward Fotsch wants to take clipboards out of doctors' offices. The CEO of Medem, a company providing Internet-based... [continued]

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May 10, 2005

E-Prescribing System With Decision Support Produced Significant Drug Therapy Cost Savings; Pharmacist-Directed Services for the Low-Income Elderly Increased the Value of Drug Therapy

Market Wire News E-Prescribing System With Decision Support Produced Significant Drug Therapy Cost Savings; Pharmacist-Directed Services for the Low-Income Elderly Increased the Value of Drug Therapy ALEXANDRIA, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/10/2005 -- The May 2005 issue of the... [continued]

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Consumers Are Top Priority for Managed Care CIOs

Consumers Are Top Priority for Managed Care CIOs Consumers Are Top Priority for Managed Care CIOs May 10, 2005 By Stacy Lawrence , eWEEK After a recent conference held by the Managed Care... [continued]

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May 06, 2005

Newt Gingrich: 'Paper Kills'; Information Technology is Key to Improved Healthcare and Lower Costs

Newt Gingrich: 'Paper Kills'; Information Technology is Key to Improved Healthcare and Lower Costs Press Release Source: Medco Health Solutions, Inc. Friday May 6, 3:07 pm ET... [continued]

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May 05, 2005

More doctors set to get electronic Rx devices

More doctors set to get electronic Rx devices By Mark Hollis Tallahassee Bureau May 5, 2005 TALLAHASSEE · To curtail fraud and misuse of prescription drugs, state legislators are poised to give hundre... [continued]

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May 02, 2005

Advances in Telemedicine and Patient Care Technology in North America (Technical Insights)

Advances in Telemedicine and Patient Care Technology in North America (Technical Insights) Frost & Sullivan Research Report    Published: 24 Mar 2005 Telemedicine Solution Developers Encouraged by an Ageing Population and Shortage of Care Providers The ageing population, especially in the... [continued]

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April 25, 2005

Support as Important as Incentives for E-Prescribing

Support as Important as Incentives for E-Prescribing April 25, 2005 By  M.L. Baker A small raft of health care payers and their partners have launched new campaigns to encourage physicians to write electronic prescriptions. This time, they are offering support... [continued]

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April 17, 2005

Healthcare Technology Report: 4/18/05

Healthcare Technology Report: 4/18/05 2 analysts and top management from 11 firms examine the Healthcare Technology sector in this 53 page report from The Wall Street Transcript. Participants   Joseph Riccardo  Scott Shevick Stephen Unger--> Healthcare Technology & Distribution: Robert Willoughby, Banc of... [continued]

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Research and Markets: Physician Insight Survey Find 73% of US physicians Are Willing to Use ePrescribing Tools

Research and Markets: Physician Insight Survey Find 73% of US physicians Are Willing to Use ePrescribing Tools DUBLIN, Ireland, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c15714 ) has announced the addition of Physician Insight Survey: 2004 Survey Results Overview... [continued]

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March 23, 2005

The Health Care Blog: QUALITY/TECH: ePrescribing as part of P4P for Wellpoint

The Health Care Blog: QUALITY/TECH: ePrescribing as part of P4P for Wellpoint QUALITY/TECH: ePrescribing as part of P4P for Wellpoint In more from the HIT conference, Leo Barbaro the network management services VP for Wellpoint Northeast (Blue Cross NH, Connecticut,... [continued]

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July 31, 2004

eRx: How Healthcare is Adopting the Technology to Reduce Prescribing Errors, Enhance Safety, and Save $$$

eRx: How Healthcare is Adopting the Technology to Reduce Prescribing Errors, Enhance Safety, and Save $$$ E-Prescribing tops the list of e-health applications that will see the greatest growth in 2004, according to executives participating in a survey conducted by... [continued]

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ePrescribing: How *Regulatory, Social, Economic and Technological Factors Are Now Driving the Adoption of eRx

ePrescribing: How *Regulatory, Social, Economic and Technological Factors Are Now Driving the Adoption of eRx ePrescribing is required under The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, P.L. 108-173 ePrescribing is at the top of the list of... [continued]

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May 27, 2004

The Economics of E-Prescribing

The Economics of E-Prescribing - HEALTH-IT World ENews By Mark Bard, Manhattan ResearchMay 27, 2004 At the height of the dot-com era, circa 2000, there was significant excitement about the possibility of digitizing the billions of prescription orders written every... [continued]

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September 16, 2003

The Health Care Blog: Medicare Rx & ePrescribing

The Health Care Blog: Medicare Rx ePrescribing Medicare Rx ePrescribing Even though everyone's back from the summer break, and even though both the Senate and the House have passed a version of... [continued]

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September 12, 2003

The Health Care Blog: ePrescribing, PDAs and all that

The Health Care Blog: ePrescribing, PDAs and all that September 12, 2003 ePrescribing, PDAs and all that I'm slowly getting back into the story around the "ePrescribing/PDA/last mile to the doctors office" issue.  I'll be writing more about this later,... [continued]

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