Industry Initiative Plans to Give E-Rx to All Physicians | Health Data Management | 3.31.07
Several health care industry stakeholders have banded together to offer free electronic prescribing software to every physician in the United States in a broad effort to help reduce medication errors through widespread adoption of the technology.
The National E-Prescribing Patient Safety Initiative is a $100 million, five-year project designed to enable all physicians to access and use a standard electronic prescribing system via an Internet connection.
The initiative is being funded by several major technology companies, including Allscripts LLC, Microsoft Corp., Dell Inc., Fujitsu Computers of America, Cisco Systems Inc., Wolters-Kluwer Health Inc., Google and SureScripts.
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