As annual increases in health care costs continue to outpace inflation, private insurers, public programs and consumers are challenging health care providers to incorporate technology solutions, such as electronic health records (EHR), as part of their cost reduction strategy.
"One underutilized technology that has gained the attention of policy makers and was included as part of the 2009 stimulus package is e-prescribing," said Obey. "The benefit opportunities of e-prescribing include the potential to reduce both prescription drug costs and adverse drug events."
The white paper discusses the following:
-- A history of e-prescription, including the effects of the 2009
stimulus package and the HITECH provisions on the definition of
e-prescription.
-- The e-prescribing process and participants.
-- The current e-prescribing landscape, including:
-- Where e-prescription fits in the EHR landscape
-- The regulatory environment
-- Marketplace strategies and stakeholder incentives for hospitals
and health systems, medical groups, pharmacies, payers and
prescription aggregators
-- Includes sample collaborative programs
-- Critical e-prescribing challenges, including:
-- Implementation
-- Financing
-- Messaging standards
-- Regulatory environment
-- Data privacy
-- Successful e-prescribing implementation
"The benefit opportunities of implementing electronic health records and e-prescribing are clear to us," said Obey. "These technologies could potentially save lives, prevent patient harm by providing access to a patient's entire medical history, and save billions of dollars in annual health care expenditures. Yet the path to achieving this goal is less apparent and paved with a complexity of requirements."
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