Study: E-Prescribing Can be Cumbersome Health Data Management, 05/06/2011

A study of 24 physician practices using electronic prescribing technology shows accessing information on formularies and medication histories can be cumbersome or unreliable. Physicians at most of the practices had access to formulary data, but only about half could access medication histories, according to the Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington. But many physicians don't routinely uses these information sources when making prescribing decisions.

Read this article on Health Data Management

Print Article | Back to Articles

Stay current on the latest literature, research and clinical news
Get special communications and offers from MDLinx and our sponsors
Receive invitations to paid market research

View Samples and Register

Stay current - Media Tool

Newsletter

RSS

Facebook

Receive free subspecialty
"5-minute updates" via email

Send the E-mail Newsletter to a Colleague

♦ Subscribe to our free RSS feeds:
Get the latest news in your specialty automatically added to your newsreader or your personal My Yahoo!, Google, My MSN or My AOL page. Learn More ♦

♦ Follow Us on Twitter
Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. Join today and follow @MDLinx to start receiving tweets. Learn More ♦

♦ Follow Us on Facebook

Search the latest
Practice Management Jobs
@MDLinx Career Center
View the full listing of physician jobs

Enter your email address and your password will be sent to you.
Email:

E-mail:
Password:
	Remember me Forgot your password?