ePrescribing News

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News relevant to the scope of Florida's ePrescribe Clearinghouse mandate are shown below.
Click on months to read article excerpts by month or click on the source to read entire articles from the source.

July 10, 2008

Senate OKs Medicare Bill With E-Rx Incentives for Physicians
Source:  http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/7/10/Senate-OKs-Medicare-Bill-With-ERx-Incentives-for-Physicians.aspx?topicID=56

Physician Adoption of E-Prescribing Technology Increasing
Source:  http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/7/10/Physician-Adoption-of-EPrescribing-Technology-Increasing.aspx?topicID=57

July 8, 2008

New CMS Proposal To Allow Some Computer Faxes for Prescriptions
Source:  http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/7/8/New-CMS-Proposal-To-Allow-Some-Computer-Faxes-for-Prescriptions.aspx?topicID=56#

July 1, 2008

One nationwide network will support e-prescribing
Source:  http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350453-1.html

June 27, 2008

DEA proposes rules to allow e-prescribing of controlled substances
Source:  http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350451-1.html?GHITNL=yes

June 26, 2008

House Passes Bill To Create Incentives for Using E-Prescribing

June 20, 2008

E-prescribing of controlled drugs could be allowed soon

June 2, 2008

Minnesota Governor Signs Law Requiring E-Prescribing by 2011
Source:  Modern Healthcare and iHealthBeat.org

May 25, 2008

Electronic prescriptions gain ground
Technology seeks to reduce problems caused by doctors' lousy handwriting
Source:  New Orleans Times-Picayune - http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/living-10/121169293223950.xml&coll=1

May 6, 2008

Arizona Ordered to Step Up E-Prescribing
Governor Janet Napolitano has issued an Executive Order (PDF)  to significantly increase patient safety through the use of e-prescribing in Arizona...
Source: Government Technology - http://www.govtech.com/gt/314909?topic=117677

April 29, 2008

Gingrich calls for medical update
At forum on preventable medication errors he urges a switch to electronic records
Source:  www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-md.gingrich29apr29,0,7578180.story

SureScripts takes on doctors' e-mail resistance
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer
Source: St. Petersburg Times http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/retail/article477809.ece

April 9, 2008

E-Prescribing Can Cut Costs and Improve Patient Safety, but Physicians Are Slow to Embrace It
Source:  Reprinted from HEALTH PLAN WEEK

March 10, 2008

RxHub’s CAQH CORE Rules Certification Aids Data Exchange Coordination
Source:  http://www.rxhub.net/images/pdf/press_releases/2008/FINAL_
RxHub_CORE_Rules_Certification_Press_Release_030608.pdf  or FINALRxHubCORErulesCertificationPressRelease030608.pdf (86.54kb)

March 6, 2008

ACS Launches Medicaid Cost Savings Initiative
...The new program enables pharmacies to immediately identify pharmacy benefit coverage at the point-of-sale...
Source:  http://www.rxhub.net/images/pdf/press_releases/2008/ACS-RxHub_NewsRelease_030608.pdf

March 4, 2008

Medical Groups Launch E-Prescription Advocate Site
GetRxConnected.com helps doctors switch from paper-based prescriptions to online forms that pharmacies can access directly.
Source:  http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143106-pg,1/article.html

March 3, 2008

MediVoice LLC Selects Nuance Voice Control To Power New E-Prescription Application
Physicians Can Create Electronic Prescriptions From Mobile Devices Using Only Their Voice
Source:  NuanceMediVoicePressRelease25Feb08.pdf ( 28.13 kb) or http://www.nuance.com/news/pressreleases/2008/20080225_medi.asp

February 28, 2008

Leavitt Wants Medicare E-Rx Mandate
Source:  http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/legislation_rules25773-1.html

HHS chief supports mandatory e-prescribing in Medicare
Source:  http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/02/25/gvbf0225.htm

February 26, 2008

Tampa Bay Area Health Care Leaders Partner with National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative to Deliver Free Electronic Prescribing to Area Physicians
Sources:  http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-26-2008/0004762614&EDATE=  and http://investor.allscripts.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112727&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1112418&highlight=

February 11, 2008

E-prescribing proves beneficial for payors
Source:  Healthcare IT News

DEA submits long-awaited proposal on e-prescribing
Source: Health Data Management

February 10, 2008

Doctors, patients find ease in e-prescribing
Source: The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.)

February 7, 2008

"Heath Ledger might be alive today if e-Prescribing were more widespread..."
Source:  Public Comment

When Mixing Medications Can Be Deadly   
Source:  Wall Street Journal - http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120235084872749567-
9U16w5mE5ydDe0OjRFLZtp7Timw_20080307.html

January 22 , 2008

Editorial: E-prescriptions merit support
Source: http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/13998746.html

January 16 , 2008

Allscripts tops list of e-prescription providers
Source: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=74821

January 7 , 2008

Congress considers mandate for Medicare e-prescribing
Source: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/01/07/gvsb0107.htm

December 21, 2007

I.T. Mandate Out of Medicare Bill
Source:  http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/mandate_legislation_Medicare25383-1.html

December 19, 2007

House, Senate Bills Promote E-Prescribing
Source: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/government-
medicine/20071219eprescribing.printerview.html

Senators press Justice to permit e-prescribing of controlled substances
Source: http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350150-1.html

December 7, 2007

CMS to end e-prescription fax exemption - Beginning January 2009 ...
Source:  http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/Drug+Topics+Daily+News/CMS-to-end-e-
prescription-fax-exemption/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/475690?contextCategoryId=10239

December 6, 2007

E-Prescribing Mandate Premature, Says HHS Advisory Group
Source: AAFP News Now - http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now.html

December 5, 2007

PCMA Supports Bipartisan Legislation Calling for E-Prescribing ...
Source: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,236880.shtml

White House Threatens Veto of Medicare Legislation
Source:  http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=49229

December 4, 2007

E-Prescribing Mandate Expected in Senate Medicare Package
Source:  http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2007/12/4/EPrescribing-Mandate-
Expected-in-Senate-Medicare-Package.aspx?p=1&tn=20071204

December 3, 2007

AMA meeting: Delegates seek tax credit to help pay for EMRs
Source:  http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/12/03/prsj1203.htm

December 2, 2007

AHIC and E-prescribing mandates
Source:  http://www.markfrisse.com/policy/2007/11/ahic-and-e-prescribing-mandates.html
Listen to the November 13 AHIC web cast and view the transcript here -
http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/community/meetings/m20071113.html

November 28, 2007

CMS to end e-prescription fax exemption
Source:  http://www.drugtopics.com/drugtopics/Drug+Topics+Daily+News/CMS-to-end-e-prescription-fax-exemption/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/475690?contextCategoryId=10239&ref=25

E-Prescriptions
By Newt Gingrich, John Kerry
This document is available here as an Adobe Acrobat PDF.
Source:  http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.27157/pub_detail.asp

November 16, 2007

E-PRESCRIPTIONS
Source: John Kerry and Newt Gingrich, "E-Prescriptions," Wall Street Journal, November 16, 2007.
For text: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119518213622195332.html
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?page=article&Article_ID=15266

November 15, 2007

AHIC weighs recommendation to require e-prescribing
Source: http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350118-1.html

November 14, 2007

HHS proposes standards for voluntary e-prescribing
Source: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=8142

November 06, 2007

Medicare To Pay Bonuses for Use of EHRs, E-Prescriptions
Source:  http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2007/11/6/Medicare-To-Pay-Bonuses-
for-Use-of-EHRs-EPrescriptions.aspx?topicID=53

October 31, 2007

E-prescription initiative reduced drug interaction errors
An examination of data in Michigan reveals that e-prescribing reduces potential drug interaction problems.
Drug Topics - Drug Topics Daily News - http://www.drugtopics.com/drugtopics/Drug+
Topics+Daily+News/Article/list/10239

October 22, 2007

Gingrich's causes — and health group clients — can be profitable
Source:  http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/10/21/newt_1022.html

October 16, 2007

E-prescribing ups number of prescriptions filled
Source:  http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/
FREE/71016001/0/FRONTPAGE

September 27, 2007

East Cleveland Ohio - Cleveland History - Decades
Source:  http://eastclevelandohio.net/east-cleveland-oh-blog/?p=583
East Cleveland Ohio Local Blog - http://eastclevelandohio.net/east-cleveland-oh-blog

Tips For Buying Quality Medicines Online
Source:  http://onlinedrug1.thedruginfo.com/index.php/81/tips-for-buying-quality-medicines-online-2/
Online Drug 1 - http://onlinedrug1.thedruginfo.com

August 17, 2007

Alaska is last state with e-prescription
Source:  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ELECTRONIC_PRESCRIPTIONS?SITE=
MOCOD&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-08-17-00-39-58

August 16, 2007

Think Tank Strives to Reduce Medication Errors
Source:  http://garloward.com/2007/08/16/think-thank-strives-to-reduce-medication-errors/

August 15, 2007

Pharmacy info exchange now legal nationwide
Source:  http://www.govhealthit.com/article103498-08-15-07-Web

SureScripts(R) Joins With Physicians, Payers and Employers to ...
Source:  http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=760921

August 9, 2007

Rural Health Center Begins e-Prescription Service
Source:  http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=27385