Interoperable electronic prescribing in the United States: A progress report

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-403

  Friedman, Maria A ^a   Schueth, Anthony ^b   Bell, Douglas S ^c,d  

^a Brookside Consulting Group   (United States)

^b Point of Care Partners   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG CONTROL; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRESCRIPTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149168583     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.393     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. For a detailed description of MMA's requirements for e-prescribing, see D.S. Bell and M.A. Friedman, "E-Prescribing and the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003," Health Affairs 24, no. 5 (2005): 1159-1169.
2. See, for example, Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series (Washington: National Academies Press, 2007).
3. Matthew Walsh, Health Alliance Plan, "Southeast Michigan e-Prescribing Initiative," presentation at the World Health Care Congress Leadership Summit on e-Prescribing and Medication Management, Falls Church, Virginia, 19 November 2008.
4. M.A. Fischer et al., "Effect of Electronic Prescribing with Formulary Decision Support on Medication Use and Cost," Archives of Internal Medicine 168, no. 22 (2008): 2433-2439.
5. M. Hartman et al., "National Health Spending in 2007: Slower Drug Spending Contributes to Lowest Rate of Overall Growth since 1998," Health Affairs 28, no. 1 (2009): 246-261.
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7. eHealth Initiative, Electronic Prescribing: Becoming Mainstream Practice, June 2008, http://www.ehealthinitiative.org/assets/Documents/eHI-CIMM- ePrescribing-Report-6-10-08-FINAL.pdf (accessed 18 December 2008).
8. M.A. Fischer et al., "Uptake of Electronic Prescribing in Community-Based Practices," Journal of General Internal Medicine 23, no. 4 (2008): 358-363.
9. A visual schematic of interoperable e-prescribing is available online at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/28/2/393/DC1.
10. See Bell and Friedman, "E-Prescribing and the Medicare Modernization Act."
11. Pilot findings are described in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Findings from the Evaluation of E-Prescribing Pilot Sites, Report to Congress, Pub. no. 07-0047-EF, April 2007, http://healthit.ahrq.gov/images/ apr07norcerxreport/erxinterimevaluationreport.html (accessed 18 December 2008).
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22. Walsh, "Southeast Michigan e-Prescribing Initiative." Ibid.
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24. SureScripts, National Progress Report.
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26. U.S. Government Accountability Office, Medicaid Third-Party Liability: Federal Guidance Needed to Help States Address Continuing Problems, Pub. no. GAO-06-862 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006).
27. See, for example, D. McGraw et al., "Privacy as an Enabler, Not an Impediment: Building Trust into Health Information Exchange," Health Affairs 28, no. 2 (2009): 416-427;
28. and L. Dimitropoulos and S. Rizk, "A State-Based Approach to Privacy and Security for Interoperable Health Information Exchange," Health Affairs 28, no. 2 (2009): 428-434.