FastCompany contributor and Social Media guru, Robert Scoble, interviews a Stanford physician on his use of Epocrates on the iPhone. An excellent interview that is well worth your time for several reasons: 1) With over 600,000 physicians using Epocrates (1 in 4 physicians in the US use Epocrates) it is arguably the number one mobile [...]
Posts Tagged ‘eRx’
Doctor Love, iPhone & Epocrates App
Posted in EMR, tagged ePocrates, eRx, iPhone, mHealth on February 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
eRx Gaining Momentum?
Posted in consumer health, EMR, PHR, policy, tagged DEA, eRx, RxHub, SureScripts on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There has been a lot of talk over the last 6 months regarding e-prescribing (eRx) and what is needed to drive adoption. Today, adoption of eRx practices is about as bad as physician adoption of EMR. Now that Medicare is looking to push eRx, it is really starting to get the attention of physicians as [...]
Google Health Goes Live – Quick Analysis
Posted in consumer health, Google, Microsoft, PHR, Privacy, Security, tagged Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, CVS/Caremark, eRx, Google Health, HealthVault, Medco, Medem, Minute Clinic, Ouest Dignostics, SafeMed, Walgreens on May 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Late this afternoon, Google Health Beta officially opened its doors for anyone to sign-up. While I did predict they would go live in the 2nd quarter, I was thinking end of the quarter, not the mid-point. Hat’s off to Google for moving so quickly. As you know, I am at the TEPR conference trying to [...]
eRx Taking Off
Posted in eRx, policy, tagged e-prescribing, eRx, Medicare, policy on December 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last week, the big eRx (electronic prescription) clearing house, Sure Scripts, released a comprehensive report on the growth of eRx. Astounding numbers presented, as well as some nice graphics/metrics for anyone who is putting together a presentation on the subject Based on their research, which goes back to 2004, Sure Scripts has seen eRx more [...]
Lilly’s CEO – We Need More Data to Prevent ADEs
Posted in EHR, EMR, eRx, HIE, PHR, Privacy, RHIO, tagged ADEs, EHR, EMR, eRx, HIE, pharmaceuticals, PHR, research, RHIO on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday during his presentation at an event at the Cleveland Clinic, Eli Lilly’s CEO, Sidney Taurel called on the healthcare industry to more aggressively adopt HIT and allow pharmaceutical companies to leverage the data collected in these systems to help minimize adverse drug events (ADEs). Despite extensive tests on drugs prior to their release, via [...]
