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"Electronic Prescribing (e-RX) and the Medicare Modernization Act e-RX Pilot Evaluation"
August 13, 2007
Presenters: Tony Trenkle, Director, Office of eHealth Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Rochelle Woolley, MPH, MS, Woolley & Associates; and Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Moderator: P. Jon White, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
A presentation covering topics: Electronic Prescribing and Part D; CMS eRx Mandated; Standards; Core Evaluation Questions; Pilot Conclusions; What is a Prescription; Define e-Prescribing; What's the Problem; and more.
http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_1248_797716_0_0_18/eRx_MMA_Pilot_Slides_A.pdf

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ePrescribe Florida
ePrescribe Florida is striving to increase patient safety and meet the needs of the Florida public by establishing a collaborative framework that helps achieve an understanding of the benefits of electronic prescribing, while fostering education and implementation efforts to accelerate physician adoption and cooperation among prescribing constituents. For more information, please visit http://www.eprescribeflorida.com/

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SureScripts
Founded by the pharmacy industry in 2001, SureScripts® operates the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange™, which facilitates the secure electronic transmission of prescription information between physicians and pharmacists and provides access to lifesaving information about patients during emergencies or routine care. Today, more than 95 percent of all pharmacies and all major physician technology vendors in the United States are certified on the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange.  For more information, please visit  www.surescripts.com

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RxHub
RxHub LLC is a health care technology company that has developed a nationwide electronic information exchange connecting prescribers, pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers in order to permit the sharing of prescription and benefit information between them. The goals of this network are to increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve patient medication safety.  RxHub’s vision is for its electronic exchange to include all key groups involved with writing, filling and paying for prescription medications, through a network that has been designed with open architecture.  RxHub is headquartered in St. Paul, MN. For more information, please visit www.RxHub.net

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Presentation - "Electronic Prescribing (e-RX) and the Medicare Modernization Act e-RX Pilot Evaluation"  For more information, please visit
http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_1248_797716_0_0_18/
eRx_MMA_Pilot_Slides_A.pdf

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Report - " Findings From The Evaluation of E-Prescribing Pilot Sites"  For more information, please visit
http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_1248_227460_0_0_18/Findings
%20From%20The%20Evaluation%20of%20E-Prescribing%20Pilot%20Sites.pdf - Thu Aug 02 00:42:00 EDT 2007

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Free e-prescription software initiative launches
For more information, please visit http://govhealthit.com/article97365-01-16-07-Web

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eHealth Initiative (eHI)
For more information, please visit http://www.ehealthinitiative.org/

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Canada Health Infrastructure Partnership Program – MOXXI electronic prescribing, integrated drug and disease management system. For more information, please visit
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/pubs/chipp-ppics/2004-moxxi/moxxi_description_e.html

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National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
For more information, please visit http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/040902lt2.htm

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Personal Health Records
For more information, please visit http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/0602nhiirpt.pdf

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eHealth Insider
For more information, please visit http://www.e-health-insider.com/

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Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions (ETP)
For more information, please visit http://www.e-health-insider.com/img/Document_Library0282/ctk_etp.doc

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RxWIKI
Created, edited and maintained by pharmacists, RxWiki publishes up-to-the-minute medication and disease information for consumers and provides an information sharing platform for pharmacy professionals.
For more information, please visit http://www.rxwiki.com/~medicati/index.php?title=RxWiki:About

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