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While many e-prescribing systems have features to provide access to external patient information, physician practices face challenges using these tools effectively, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). Most of the practices that were studied for the report had access to formulary information, but only about half reported access [...]
Using bar-code technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) “substantially reduces transcription and medication administration errors, as well as potential drug-related adverse events,” says a new study funded by AHRQ. The findings have important implications because bar-code eMAR technology is being considered as a 2013 criterion for Meaningful Use under HITECH. (Skip to Podcast) [...]
The FDA has been receiving a great deal of criticism from the clinical community about a variety of issues, but probably none is as contentious as the ongoing patient safety issues regarding harmful drug-drug interactions and drug-gene interactions, estimated by the Institute of Medicine to cause 250,000 deaths each year in the U.S. The current [...]
Ask physicians what their main complaint is with their profession, and many will say it’s the heavy burden of malpractice insurance. With legions of lawyers whose raison d’etre is to sue doctors, it’s no wonder high-risk specialties, such as surgeons and ob-gyns., must spend tens of thousands of dollars a year just in case they [...]
A new Interim Final Rule from the DEA’s Department of Justice on Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances specifies the guidelines healthcare providers will need to follow in order to electronically prescribe controlled substances. Since the DEA published the NPRM; ONC, CMS, AHRQ and other HHS staff “have worked closely with DEA to develop the policies [...]
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