E-Prescribing Collaboration in Massachusetts: Early Experiences from Regional Prescribing Projects
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Massachusetts payers and providers have encouraged clinician usage of e-Prescribing technology to improve patient safety, enhance office practice efficiencies, and reduce medical costs. This report describes three early pilot e-Prescribing projects as case studies. These projects identified the e-Prescribing needs of clinicians, illustrated key issues that made implementation difficult, and clarified the impact of various types of functionality. The authors identified ten key barriers: (1) previous negative technology experiences, (2) initial and long-term cost, (3) lost productivity, (4) competing priorities, (5) change management issues, (6) interoperability limitations, (7) information technology (IT) requirements, (8) standards limitations, (9) waiting for an "all-in-one solution," and (10) confusion about competing product offerings including hospital/Integrated Delivery System (IDN)-sponsored projects. In Massachusetts, regional projects have helped to address these barriers, and e-Prescribing activities are accelerating rapidly within the state.
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- Authors
- Halamka, J., Aranow, M., Ascenzo, C., Bates, D. W., Berry, K., Debor, G., Fefferman, J., Glaser, J., Heinold, J., Stanley, J., Stone, D. L., Sullivan, T. E., Tripathi, M., & Wilkinson, B.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Halamka, J.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2006-05-01
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 239-244
- ISSN
- 1067-5027 (ISSN-L)
- 1527-974X
- PMC
- PMC1513650
- OpenAlex
- W2132196140
- Cited by
- 68
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- 16.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
- Keywords
- electronic prescribing, implementation barriers, interoperability, health information technology standards, change management, integrated health system, patient safety, healthcare cost reduction
- MeSH terms
- Health Plan Implementation, Humans, Massachusetts, Pilot Projects, Drug Prescriptions, Regional Medical Programs, Societies, Medical, Software, State Health Plans, United States, Medical Records Systems, Computerized, Medical Order Entry Systems
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