| 8/5/2021 |
GoodRx strikes deal with medication data giant Surescripts - MedCity News |
MedCity News |
GoodRx struck a partnership with medication data giant Surescripts that would let healthcare providers access cash price information on medications.Arlington, Virginia-based Surescripts dominates the e-prescribing market, offering technology that routes clinicians’ electronic prescriptions directly to pharmacies. It’s owned by CVS Health and Express Scripts, and nearly 2 billion prescriptions were delivered through its software last year.It also sells a service that lets prescribing clinicians ... |
| 8/5/2021 |
GoodRx and Surescripts Brings Real-Time Drug Discount Pricing in EHRs |
HIT Consultant |
... is a nationwide network that connects virtually all EHRs, pharmacies and health systems, enabling providers to view patient-specific benefit and cost information and then electronically prescribe a medication. Last year, nearly 2 billion electronic prescriptions were delivered through Surescripts. Integrating GoodRx pricing will support getting cost information into the hands of patients. Impact of Integration Approximately one-third of Americans say they have skipped filling a prescription for a ... |
| 8/4/2021 |
Fred IT replaces paper prescriptions with QR codes |
computerweekly.com |
Fully electronic prescriptions significantly reduce the risk of error during the dispensing process and help minimise person-to-person contact during the Covid-19 pandemic. Fred IT was founded by pharmacist Paul Naismith around 30 years ago with the aim of making life easier and safer for pharmacists. Pharmacists want to reduce risk and improve patient safety, and that’s what e-prescriptions do when compared with the task of ... |
| 7/28/2021 |
Readers Write: Green Light: Why Healthcare Providers Need to Migrate to NCPDP's Updated E-Prescribing Standard |
HISTalk |
... result in safety, efficacy, efficiency, and quality control. This is especially true across healthcare. Since 1997, the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, or NCPDP, has maintained a national standard known as SCRIPT for electronic prescriptions . The NCPDP SCRIPT Standard for e-prescribing facilitates the transfer of prescription data between various healthcare stakeholders and plays an important role in helping reduce administrative burdens for providers and increasing patient safety. Unlike ... |
| 7/16/2021 |
Government adds more telehealth services as lockdowns continue across Australia |
ZDNet |
... see AU$110m injectionThe Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) this week also reminded those in lockdown they can ask their GP for an electronic prescription when getting prescription medicines."More than 12 million electronic prescriptions have already been issued, as healthcare providers and patients see the benefits of going digital," ADHA CEO Amanda Cattermole said."Electronic prescriptions are providing safer, faster and more efficient supply of prescriptions to Australians ... |
| 7/16/2021 |
Over 12M e-prescriptions issued in Australia, says ADHA |
Healthcare IT News |
Over 12M e-prescriptions issued in Australia, says ADHA Photo by: Darla Williams/Getty Images While the federal government is not mandating clinicians across Australia to issue electronic prescriptions , its issuance has gone above 12 million, according to the Australian Digital Health Agency. WHY IT MATTERS As Australian patients have the option to forward their e-prescriptions to local pharmacies or use consumer medication management apps, e-prescriptions proved to ... |
| 7/16/2021 |
Venture Funding for Digital Health Startups is On The Rise |
gritdaily.com |
... San Francisco-based Doximity Inc. have seen their market capitalization increase to $8.87 billion after going public in June, reflecting the increasing interest the industry has sparked. Rockville, another startup that provides software for electronic prescriptions , has secured over $135 million in total funding in the past year alone. While the increasing investment will allow the industry to flourish and progress, experts believe it also creates pressure for entrepreneurs to ... |
| 7/16/2021 |
Pharmacy Customers’ Experiences of Use, Usability, and Satisfaction of a Nationwide Patient Portal: Survey Study |
jmir.org |
... introducing patient portals, nationwide portals are rare, and studies about their use are limited. Finland is one of the forerunners in developing nationwide health data systems. A nationwide patient portal, My Kanta, for viewing electronic prescriptions and health data has been phased in, starting in 2010. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate what functions Finnish pharmacy customers use in My Kanta, their perceptions of the service’s ... |
| 7/15/2021 |
Healthcare Startups Have Raised $15B In VC Funding This Year |
pymnts.com |
... services , which attracted more investors to put money into digital healthcare tools. Aside from telemedicine, investors have supported remote technology that helped promote clinical trials in patients’ homes. DrFirst.com supplies software to facilitate electronic prescriptions ; Chief Financial Officer David Samuels told WSJ that investors are stepping up to assist in the effort. DrFirst.com has posted annual revenue topping $100 million and recently closed a $50 million funding deal, bringing ... |
| 7/14/2021 |
Fred IT Taps Twilio to Deliver Australia's First On-demand Prescriptions |
twilio.com |
... July 2021 – Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), the leading cloud communications platform, today announced that Fred IT , Australia's largest dedicated pharmacy IT solutions provider, is using its Programmable Messaging API and Twilio Studio to provide electronic prescriptions to millions of Australians.Electronic prescriptions, or ePrescriptions, allows patients who have registered for My Script List (MySL) to order their prescriptions with their local pharmacy via WhatsApp. This innovation makes it easier for ... |
| 6/24/2021 |
Software upgrade coming Monday, June 28 |
familycarenetwork.com |
... while our providers and clinical staff adjust to the changes. The software upgrade is required to make sure FCN is in compliance with new federal regulations designed to improve the safety and security of electronic prescriptions . All our clinical staff and providers will be learning a new process for prescribing medications, documenting them in your medical record, processing refills, and sending prescriptions electronically. We expect things to get back to ... |
| 6/21/2021 |
CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT |
monster.com |
... the premises, dispose of contaminated supplies. Give injections and draw blood when necessary. Prepares, cleans, and maintains exam and treatment rooms. Provide verbal or faxed prescriptions, obtaining prior authorizations when necessary Retrieve and complete electronic prescriptions . Complete pre-certification testing and procedures when required. Maintain sample medication records and storage. Maintain biohazard disposal box. Coordinate with patient to schedule procedures and tests at appropriate facilities. Administer pulmonary function tests (PFTs ... |
| 6/16/2021 |
Part of Carebook's Global Blog Series—ePrescriptions and More: Australia's Digital Health Strategy Leads the Way with a Co-design Approach |
carebook.com |
... Australian and their family consolidate health information into one easy-to-access place. And along with this initiative, progress was being made in the country’s move towards laying the foundation for Telehealth and Electronic prescriptions . This trifecta of future-forward plans was in motion, actively addressing the need to make healthcare even more accessible to everyone in Australia. With the goal to tackle some large, fundamental health system challenges ... |
| 6/15/2021 |
Part of Carebook's Global Blog Series—ePrescriptions and More: Australia's Digital Health Strategy Leads the Way with a Co-design Approach |
carebook.com |
... Australian and their family consolidate health information into one easy-to-access place. And along with this initiative, progress was being made in the country’s move towards laying the foundation for Telehealth and Electronic prescriptions . This trifecta of future-forward plans was in motion, actively addressing the need to make healthcare even more accessible to everyone in Australia. With the goal to tackle some large, fundamental health system challenges ... |
| 5/6/2021 |
Munson Notes May 6, 2021 |
ftleavenworthlamp.com |
... MAHC has reduced the number of daily appointments while transitioning to MHS Genesis to focus on providing prescriptions electronically to “DOD Ft Leavenworth Pharmacy” The Pharmacy’s NCPDP / NPI numbers are: 1721174 / 1730593567. Electronic prescriptions submitted for non-formulary medications will not be filled unless a patient has previously received approval to fill these medications. Visit the MAHC pharmacy website at https://munson.tricare.mil/He alth-Services/Pharmacy for more ... |
| 4/21/2021 |
Innovation, Interoperability Accelerated Healthcare Digital Transformation in 2020 |
HIT Consultant |
... e-prescribing.Key Highlights from the Surescripts 2020 National Progress Report:– E-Prescribing adoption exceeded one million prescribers for the first time, adding 63,000 prescribers in 2020 and a total of 1.91 billion electronic prescriptions . Many prescribers provided care virtually, with the number of electronic prescriptions written using telehealth increasing 72.5% during the first month of the pandemic.– Adoption of Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) made significant ... |
| 4/20/2021 |
COVID-19 Triggers Increase in ePrescribing, Interoperability Tools |
EHR Intelligence |
... ePrescriptions for controlled substances increased 52 percent from 134.2 million in 2019 to 203.6 million in 2020.COVID-19 sparked the advance of virtual healthcare, sparking a 72.5 percent increase in the number of electronic prescriptions written through telehealth during the first month of COVID-19.The number of electronic prior authorizations increased by 43.2 percent and 7.6 percent more prescribers are now utilizing electronic prior authorization.More clinicians are ... |
| 4/2/2021 |
Galva Pharmacy is First U.S. Pharmacy to Use AI to Improve Drug Matching and Usability of Rx Instructions in E-Prescriptions |
emrindustry.com |
... Md – Galva Pharmacy in Galva, Ill., recently became the first pharmacy in the country to deploy an in-workflow, artificial intelligence (AI) solution that accurately structures, codifies, and back fills information gaps in electronic prescriptions . The independent pharmacy in Northwest Illinois is using DrFirst’s patented AI solution, SmartSuite, within its Speed Script pharmacy management system (PMS) to improve accuracy and efficiency, allowing pharmacy staff to spend more time ... |
| 3/29/2021 |
Argentina's Increased Investment In Digital Health Will Address Gaps In Healthcare System |
fitchsolutions.com |
... and communications tools that will allow the provision of services in a more accessible and personalised way, with higher quality and efficiency. Specifically, the programme will promote the use of electronic health records (HER), electronic prescriptions , telemedicine and greater connectivity of the entire public system of health services to make quality healthcare more universally available.EHRs will enhance the country’s health services in order to meet escalating healthcare demands ... |
| 3/25/2021 |
Spanish mobile network Yoigo launches telemedicine service Doctor Go |
MobiHealthNews |
... has launched a family package telemedicine service for its customers.At €6 per month, the Doctor Go telemedicine service offers video-consultations with family doctors and specialists, as well as telepharmacy services for electronic prescriptions and the delivery of medicines.WHY IT MATTERSAvailable from last week on Android and IOS platforms, the service covers two adults and all children within a family unit. The initiative aims for immediate ... |