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Pharmacy groups advocate for favorable health IT policy
Nine national organizations representing various pharmacist constituencies have come together in an effort to make sure their interests don't get shortchanged in national health IT policy. The
New HIPAA rules need more clarification
When it comes to the new HIPAA privacy and security standards, it seems like everybody has an opinion. Quite a few organizations are spreading the word about the comments they've filed in response to
Physicians, pharmacists slam e-prescribing technology, rules
CMS has paid a small bonus for electronic prescribing since the beginning of 2009, and e-prescribing will be a component of "meaningful use" of EMR when that incentive program gets underway in 2011.
Study: Mail order problems deprive patients of drugs, group says
A new survey by a pharmacy group claims that many patients are going without the prescribed medications due to drug mishandling by mail order pharmacies. The study, which can't be an upper for the
