Telehealth prescribing has reshaped behavioral healthcare delivery across the U.S., making essential medications more accessible than ever before. Recent data shows the proportion of Medicaid ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), an ECRI company, released an updated version of its Guidelines for Safe Electronic Communication of Medication Information aimed at addressing the ...

How does your doctor actually prescribe opioid medication? Why is it hard to get a refill? What are the best solutions to ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Surescripts have reached a settlement over the regulator’s claims that the health tech company was excluding competitors from certain e-prescribing markets and ...

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has finalized a series of new rules related to the use of technology for electronic prescribing and prior authorization. In the rules, the Assistant ...

Historically, a retail pharmacy unable to fill an initial electronic prescription for Schedule II-V controlled substances could not transfer it to another pharmacy – even if the two pharmacies were ...

On August 28, 2023, amendments to Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) regulation 21 CFR 1306.08 will go into effect, which amend the regulations allowing the transfer of initial electronic prescriptions for ...

The health IT arm of the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule this week that federal leaders say will remove red tape and enable faster prior authorization and real-time ...

Study conducted by Walgreens and operator of an electronic network shows doctors' use of e-prescribing services leads to increase in filled prescriptions Thirteen U.S. pharmacy software vendors have ...

Oncologists described three main challenges: (1) patients who receive opioids for cancer-related pain feel stigmatized by clinicians, pharmacists, and society; (2) patients with cancer-related pain ...