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ePrescribing
Electronic Prescribing: Building, Deploying and Using ePrescribing to Save Lives and to Save Money
Foreward by Newt Gingrich and Senator John KerryInterComponentWare Inc. participated in a collaborative thought leadership paper on ePrescribing and released by the Center for Health Transformation. The paper presents a comprehensive look at ePrescribing technology, its benefits in saving lives and saving money, and identifies ways to overcome the barriers to its widespread adoption. The paper provides policymakers and industry leaders with comprehensive information on the benefits of ePrescribing, supporting the Institute of Medicine’s recommendation for all prescriptions to be written electronically by 2010. The paper includes experiences, perspectives and analyses that conclude that ePrescribing is an intelligent, efficient technology that improves patient safety and saves money by eliminating the inefficiencies of a paper-based system.
InterComponentWare served as a contributing writer and editor to the paper, providing significant input on the sections addressing a secure, nationwide infrastructure and case studies from Europe. The paper was the result of collaboration by member companies and organizations of the Center for Health Transformation.
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Electronic Prescribing: Becoming a Mainstream Practice
A collaborative report from the eHealth Initiative and the Center for Improving Medication Management.InterComponentWare Inc. is a member of eHI and served on the Expert Steering Group that provided guidance and editing support for this important report on the progress made towards nationwide adoption of ePrescribing. The report sets the stage for rapid growth and use of technology to significantly improve medication safety, practice efficiency and consumer convenience along with offering reductions in medication costs and an improvement in medication-related health outcomes. The report outlines challenges that limit widespread adoption of ePrescribing and additional steps that should be taken to realize optimal results in health care improvement.
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