patient digital drug record underway
Filed in archive News on February 15, 2006
Pharmacy officials announced Monday that doctors in some U.S. states will now be able to view a comprehensive electronic history of a patient's medication use as part of an effort to move the nation to digital health records.
With a patient's permission, a physician will have online access to all the medicines he or she has been prescribed, dosages and whether prescriptions are being filled and refilled.
The information will be supplied to doctors from pharmacies via the SureScripts network, founded in 2001 by two pharmacy industry associations.
SureScripts (a joint venture of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores) plans to launch the new service starting April 1 in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Nevada, Tennessee, New Jersey and Florida, and to have it running in at least 10 states by year end. It will be free for doctors and pharmacies.
It is important to know all the medicine a patient takes to avoid potentially dangerous drug interactions. Probably starting this summer after steps to ensure privacy and security are completed, patients will then have access to their own information.
President Bush has set a goal of having fully electronic medical records for most Americans by 2014. The announcement above is the latest step toward digital health records, which are promoted as a way to reduce costs and improve health care.
Source: [CNN Health]
The information will be supplied to doctors from pharmacies via the SureScripts network, founded in 2001 by two pharmacy industry associations.
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Response from:
Gloria
(02/15/06 7:24pm)
Hi Mackenzie, thanks for leaving a comment here. the digital drug record is indeed a novel idea. i think it is the patients that will benefit the most.
Response from:
mackenzie
(02/15/06 7:24pm)
That is a good idea. I bet that patients will not at all be too privy about their records. Besides a complete record will help doctors see well the person's health condition.
Response from:
Drug Rehab
(05/31/07 6:00am)
I believe a more automated health-care business will drive huge advances in both productivity and patient safety. The death toll from medical errors could be cut dramatically if doctors had better information about each patient, say proponents of e-records.
Another goal is to eliminate duplicative testing that results when a doctor at a hospital, for example, isn't aware of results of a test the patient had at an office even days before. An additional benefit -- staving off drug-interaction problems that result when doctors lack information about what medications a patient is taking.
Another goal is to eliminate duplicative testing that results when a doctor at a hospital, for example, isn't aware of results of a test the patient had at an office even days before. An additional benefit -- staving off drug-interaction problems that result when doctors lack information about what medications a patient is taking.
Response from:
drug and alcoholic treatment center
(10/04/07 6:28am)
Are those records going to be the new "employee" standard required materials ? i hate the fact that people can judge you right away.
Response from:
low-fat diet
(10/10/07 6:30am)
Finally they managed to get things together. I think till now it was a total mess, things really need to be organized better.
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