• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

  • Opinion
  • Health IT
    • Behavioral Health
    • Care Coordination
    • EMR/EHR
    • Interoperability
    • Patient Engagement
    • Population Health Management
    • Revenue Cycle Management
    • Social Determinants of Health
  • Digital Health
    • AI
    • Blockchain
    • Precision Medicine
    • Telehealth
    • Wearables
  • Startups
  • M&A
  • Value-based Care
    • Accountable Care (ACOs)
    • Medicare Advantage
  • Life Sciences
  • Research

electronic prescriptions

New AI Accurately Translates 93% of Prescription Information Imported into EHRs

by Fred Pennic 06/30/2020 Leave a Comment

New AI Accurately Translates 93% of Prescription Information Imported into EHRs

What You Should Know: - Healthcare technology company DrFirst has announced the release of its next generation, patented SmartSig AI technology to improve the quality of patient medication history when it is imported into hospitals’ and health systems’ electronic health records (EHRs). - Simple prescription instructions, called “sigs,” can have hundreds of variations or be missing entirely from patients’ medication histories when they are imported into hospitals’ EHRs. The missing
Read More

Change Healthcare Buys Back Pharmacy Network for $213M in Cash

by Fred Pennic 05/05/2020 Leave a Comment

Change Healthcare Buys Back Pharmacy Network for $213M in Cash

What You Should Know: - Change Healthcare buys back pharmacy network eRx Network (eRx) for $212.9 million-plus cash on the balance sheet. - eRx Network runs a network connected to about 59,000 pharmacies that process more than 1.5 billion transactions annually and also markets insurance verification, e-prescribing, and claims billing services, among others. Change Healthcare buys back pharmacy unit eRx Network (“eRx”), a leading provider of comprehensive, innovative,
Read More

Imprivata, Microsoft Partner to Eliminate Need for Clinicians to Repeatedly Type Usernames & Passwords

by Jasmine Pennic 04/30/2019 Leave a Comment

Imprivata, Microsoft Partner to Eliminate Need for Clinicians to Repeatedly Type Usernames & Passwords

Lexington-based Imprivata is teaming up with Microsoft to launch healthcare’s first end-to-end Identity and Access Management (IAM) Cloud Platform. The Platform, anchored by Imprivata’s leading solution portfolio and commitment to building trusted digital identities, and the world-class scale and security of Microsoft’s cloud identity platform, Azure Active Directory, will address the unique challenges that healthcare customers face along the digital transformation journey.Phase 1 Collaboration:
Read More

Can Optimized EHR Data Help Healthcare Combat the Opioid Epidemic?

by Erica Garvin 03/13/2019 Leave a Comment

Why The Opioid Epidemic Makes EHRs Essential To Public Health

DrFirst’s Nick Barger explains how the EHR data at the right time can prevent opioids from getting into the wrong hands.While the debate on how to combat the infiltration and abuse of illegal narcotics in the U.S. languished for decades, something more sinister and formidable was growing. This new threat was not lurking in the shadows; instead, it was right under the noses and prescription pads of physicians— opioids.The abuse of prescription opioids has now become a national public health
Read More

Surescripts Launches Sentinel to Measure E-prescription Accuracy

by HITC Staff 04/20/2017 Leave a Comment

Surescripts

Health information network Surescripts has announced the launch of Sentinel™ which measures e-prescription accuracy to help patient safety and care quality. Sentinel will raise the bar for patient safety, care quality and workflow efficiency by pinpointing specific areas for improvement and providing analysis of electronic prescribing trends to inform better patient care.With 70% of prescriptions being filled electronically, 1.5 billion on the Surescripts network annually, this monitoring
Read More

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to HIT Consultant

Latest insightful articles delivered straight to your inbox weekly.

Submit a Tip or Pitch

Featured Insights

2025 EMR Software Pricing Guide

2025 EMR Software Pricing Guide

Featured Interview

Paradigm Shift in Diabetes Care with Studio Clinics: Q&A with Reach7 Founder Chun Yong

Most-Read

Medtronic to Separate Diabetes Business into New Standalone Company

Medtronic to Separate Diabetes Business into New Standalone Company

White House, IBM Partner to Fight COVID-19 Using Supercomputers

HHS Sets Pricing Targets for Trump’s EO on Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing

23andMe to Mine Genetic Data for Drug Discovery

Regeneron to Acquire Key 23andMe Assets for $256M, Pledges Continuity of Consumer Genome Services

CureIS Healthcare Sues Epic: Alleges Anti-Competitive Practices & Trade Secret Theft

The Evolving Role of Physician Advisors: Bridging the Gap Between Clinicians and Administrators

The Evolving Physician Advisor: From UM to Value-Based Care & AI

UnitedHealth Group Names Stephen Hemsley CEO as Andrew Witty Steps Down

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty Steps Down, Stephen Hemsley Returns as CEO

Omada Health Files for IPO

Omada Health Files for IPO

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Launches "CloseKnit" Virtual-First Primary Care Option

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Launches “CloseKnit” Virtual-First Primary Care Option

Osteoboost Launches First FDA-Cleared Prescription Wearable Nationwide to Combat Low Bone Density

Osteoboost Launches First FDA-Cleared Prescription Wearable Nationwide to Combat Low Bone Density

2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award Category Winners Announced

MedTech Breakthrough Announces 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners

Secondary Sidebar

Footer

Company

  • About Us
  • Advertise with Us
  • Reprints and Permissions
  • Submit An Op-Ed
  • Contact
  • Subscribe

Editorial Coverage

  • Opinion
  • Health IT
    • Care Coordination
    • EMR/EHR
    • Interoperability
    • Population Health Management
    • Revenue Cycle Management
  • Digital Health
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Blockchain Tech
    • Precision Medicine
    • Telehealth
    • Wearables
  • Startups
  • Value-Based Care
    • Accountable Care
    • Medicare Advantage

Connect

Subscribe to HIT Consultant Media

Latest insightful articles delivered straight to your inbox weekly

Copyright © 2025. HIT Consultant Media. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy |