Results of the Arizona Medicaid Health Information Technology Pharmacy Focus Groups

A review of the literature and proposed classification on e-prescribing: Functions, assimilation stages, benefits, concerns, and risks

“…28 Health care providers use e-prescribing systems not only to decrease errors but also to reduce the cost associated with dispensing errors. 50,51 Unnecessary patient hospitalizations that lead to cost reductions for hospitals can be an outcome of using e-prescribing in developing a rapid medication dispensing system for outpatients. 11 E-prescribing can enable physicians to better track if patients are taking their medications on time by checking the refill dates.…”

Reflections on the role of the pharmacy regulatory authority in enhancing quality related event reporting in community pharmacies

“…[3][4][5][6] In recent years, focus groups have been used to explore a wide variety of important community pharmacy issues, such as healthcare quality, health service utilization, prescription intervention practices, and e-prescribing. [7][8][9][10] As a result, a purposive case sampling approach was used in order to capture the full range of PRA approaches to addressing QRErelated issues in community pharmacies, including PRAs that currently have regulations in place and those that do not. Staff members from all of Canada's 10 autonomous provincial PRAs were sought for participation in the focus groups.…”

Defining Health Information Exchange: Scoping Review of Published Definitions

“…‘Exchange’,55 – 57 , 141 ‘access’,69 , 82 , 138 , 207 , 218 – 220 ‘movement’,154 , 163 , 172 , 173 , 175 – 177 , 221 ‘sharing’,2 , 59 , 99 , 200 , 222 ‘multi-directional transfer’,223 ‘moving’,127 , 224 , 225 ‘bi-directional’,47 , 191 , 194 ‘mobilizes’,226 ‘connectivity’,54 ‘data flow’,122 ‘transferring’,55 , 61 ‘transfer’,58 , 70 , 109 , 112 , 115 , 133 , 160 , 216 ‘feed data repositories’,109 ‘transmission’,76 , 80 , 186 , 188 , 189 , 217 , 227 , 228 ‘transport’,49 , 100 , 184 ‘moves’,162 ‘access to and retrieval’87 , 110 , 111 , 115 , 121 , 130 , 160 and ‘link’/‘linking.’191 , 229 – 231 …”

“…‘nurses’,85 , 166 , 184 , 234 , 241 , 242 ‘patients’,5 , 38 , 90 , 109 , 133 , 138 , 206 ‘pharmacists’, 66 , 166 , 184 ‘health educators’,66 public health officials’,133 ‘healthcare professionals’, 29 , 33 , 36 ‘medical professionals’,90 ‘insurers’,142 ‘payers’,69 , 77 , 175 , 217 , 243 ‘policy makers’,233 ‘social workers’,66 ‘healthcare providers’,25 , 58 , 90 , 105 , 126 , 141 , 152 , 154 , 170 , 196 , 197 , 205 , 208 , 222 , 230 , 244 ‘customers’,44 ‘hospitals’,19 , 23 , 99 , 101 , 120 , 123 , 222 , 245 ‘health plans’,21 , 67 , 78 , 79 , 171 ‘laboratories’,67 , 77 , 85 , 246 ‘ radiology centres’,88 ‘pharmacies’,33 , 67 , 85 , 131 , 142 , 162 , 163 , 183 , 235 , 246 , 247 ‘hospitals’,21 , 32 , 124 , 184 , 195 , 215 , 222 , 237 ‘organizations’,134 , 223 , 226 , 248 , …”

“…‘Technology platform’,43 , 47 , 165 , 225 , 260 ‘network infrastructure’,42 , 102 , 109 , 126 , 131 , 219 , 227 , 249 , 260 – 269 ‘health information technology’,154 , 172 , 189 ‘computer-based systems’,226 ‘technology model’,126 ‘information technology’,52 , 65 , 81 , 147 , 248 , 259 , 270 ‘HIE systems’,271 , 272 ‘document exchange system’,26 , 27 , 253 use of ‘online metadata registry’,242 ‘powerful technology’,273 ‘Web-based delivery systems’,215 ‘technical infrastructure’,133 , 267 ‘information infrastructure’,274 ‘electronic networks’,106 ‘electronic system’,152 ‘portal’,41 ‘computer network’,187 ‘interoperable technologies’,275 ‘central information systems’,159 ‘collection of activities and technologies’,104 , 276 ‘component of innovative’, 277 ‘friendly user interfaces’,278 ‘secured website’,116 , 170 ‘communication based on Web services’,51 ‘health care technology’,96 ‘health information systems’,265 ‘mobile computing technology’,119 ‘hubs’,136 ‘open source’231 and ‘data formats.’249…”