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Writing a New Ending in the Patient Access to Care Story

May 1, 2023 - Burnout and provider shortages. Patients with one or more chronic conditions. Hospitals closing. Uncertainty. These are all phrases that come to mind when thinking about the state of healthcare in America. In the US, people age 65+ are expected to reach almost 22 percent of the population by 2040 and this rapidly growing...

Preparing EHRs, Pharmacies for NCPDP’s Updated ePrescribing Standard

July 09, 2021 by Surescripts

In 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a sunset date of December 31, 2019, for National Council of Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) SCRIPT Standard v10.6 and an...

Using Team-Based Approaches to EHR Usability, EHR Optimization

April 20, 2021 by Christopher Jason

A multidisciplinary team focused on EHR optimization is effective at improving EHR usability and ultimately mitigating clinician burnout, according to a Journal of the American Medical Informatics...

COVID-19 Triggers Increase in ePrescribing, Interoperability Tools

April 20, 2021 by Christopher Jason

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers increased interoperability tool adoption to boost healthcare management, price transparency, and specialty medications, according to a Surescripts...

DoD Set to Start Biggest Wave of EHR Implementation

April 14, 2021 by Christopher Jason

Following the Department of Defense’s (DoD) west coast deployment of its new EHR system, MHS GENESIS, the agency is gearing up for its most robust EHR implementation wave to date. Ellsworth Air...

CT to Implement Statewide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

April 01, 2021 by Christopher Jason

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection’s Drug Control Division announced a statewide EHR integration of its prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) after receiving $1.3 million in...

MO Sens Finalize Bill to Further Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

March 31, 2021 by Christopher Jason

Following years of debate among Missouri lawmakers, state senators might have perfected the bill to implement a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), which would make it the final...

DoD Set to Launch MHS GENESIS EHR System in Midwest

March 29, 2021 by Christopher Jason

The Department of Defense (DoD) traveled to the Midwest to deploy its new EHR system, MHS GENESIS, to Munson Army Health Center (MAHC) in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. MAHC will soon be one of over 200...

US GAO Recommends VA Pause EHR Modernization Project

February 16, 2021 by Christopher Jason

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should postpone future deployments of its new Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM)...

How Health IT Interoperability Will Impact Healthcare in 2021

January 11, 2021 by Christopher Jason

As the healthcare industry embraces a new year, it is taking the lessons it learned in 2020 to move forward. A focus on health IT interoperability could be the crux of moving toward better public...

Cerner Boosts Digital Health, Monitoring Solutions Ordering in EHR

December 10, 2020 by Christopher Jason

Cerner Corporation is making it easier for clinicians to prescribe digital health technologies to patients within the EHR, the EHR vendor has announced. The new capabilities will provide...

How to Integrate a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program into the EHR

December 02, 2020 by Christopher Jason

Every time a prescriber writes a prescription, she taps a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) if it is available at her health organization. This platform gives prescribers a complete...

Increased ePrescribing Interoperability is Needed for Patient Safety

November 30, 2020 by Christopher Jason

Increased ePrescribing interoperability between prescribers and pharmacies is crucial to decreased prescription drug errors and increased patient safety, according to a study published in the Journal...

A Unique Patient Identifier Decreases Adverse Drug Interactions

November 24, 2020 by Christopher Jason

Developing an enhanced patient identification strategy, such as a National Patient Identifier (NPI), across separate data sources can boost patient safety and limit adverse drug-to-drug interactions,...

How a Health System Cut Opioid Prescribing Rates, Clinician Burden

November 16, 2020 by Christopher Jason

With an opioid prescribing rate 38 percent higher than the rest of the nation, the opioid epidemic has hit Kentucky hard. Although the state passed a law in 2012 requiring physicians to check the...

Docs Add 1 Hour of Administrative Work for EHR Inbox Management

October 22, 2020 by Christopher Jason

Primary care physicians (PCPs) spend roughly an hour on EHR inbox management per day, and the majority of this time is spent outside of scheduled work hours, according to a study published in...

DE Starts Prescription Drug Monitoring Program EHR Integration

October 05, 2020 by Christopher Jason

The Delaware Division of Professional Regulation announced a statewide EHR integration of its prescription drug monitoring program. Delaware will utilize Appriss Health’s PMP Gateway solution...

What is a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, EHR Integration?

September 30, 2020 by Christopher Jason

Prescribers use a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) each time they write a prescription as part of the industry’s efforts to stem the opioid crisis. These EHR-integrated systems, which...

How COVID-19 Accelerated the Digital Transformation of Healthcare

September 22, 2020 by Christopher Jason

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, three things were top-of-mind for Surescripts’ CEO, Tom Skelton: employee safety, ensuring the network remained operational, and adapting strategies to the...

Top EHR Implementations of 2020, So Far

September 18, 2020 by Christopher Jason

When the novel coronavirus began its spread across the United States, it transformed healthcare in its entirety. That includes the health IT sector, where EHR vendors had to brainstorm and develop new...

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