Longwoods Blog
Vol. 7 No. 20, September 29, 2010
Fact and Stats
The number of office-based U.S. healthcare professionals who use electronic prescribing systems has increased significantly in recent years, according to data released by electronic prescribing network operator Surescripts.
About 200,000 office-based prescribers – or about one-third of office-based healthcare workers – currently use e-prescribing systems. The latest figure is up from 156,000 e-prescribers at the end of 2009 and 74,000 at the end of 2008. Surescripts noted that 47 states more than doubled their use of e-prescribing last year. Massachusetts has the highest rate of e-prescription use, at 57%.
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Source: 1 in 3 Prescriptions Are Now E-prescriptions in Massachusetts as Number of E-prescribing Physicians Grows to 200,000 Nationwide
Date: September 21, 2010
Pre-Print From Electronichealthcare
Smart Card Technology: The Cornerstone of the Application of Health Information Technology in Lombardy, Italy
Francesco Pinciroli, Denis Protti, Abdul Roudsari and Stefano Bonacina
[Pre-print from ElectronicHealthcare, Volume 9, Number 3. Made available at no charge for two weeks.]
Around the World
Czech Republic: E-health Records System Now Counts 2 Million Users
European Commission Announces €780 Million Boost for Strategic ICT Research
US: Hospital EMR Sales Almost Doubled from 2008 to 2009
Australia Spends over $1.4bn on E-health
News from Canada
Canada Invests $500 Million in EHR Systems with a Focus on Physicians and Nurse Practitioners across Canada
Watchdog Issues Urgent Call for Electronic Health Records
Privacy Commissioner Completes Facebook Review
Trends
Europe is the Global Leader in Nationwide Implementation of eHealth Solutions
KLAS Report: Labour and Delivery 2010
Industry Speak
Siemens Wins 2010 Techno-College Innovation Award
Canadian Market Research
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Infoway Update
Find Out What’s New and Happening at Canada Health Infoway
Worth Noting
International e-Health Conference
IFHRO 2010: Congress of International Federation of Health Records Organizations
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