Doctor’s Handwriting Kills Thousands: EMR to the Rescue
Electronic Medical Records systems could help reduce the more than 7000 people a year who are killed by doctor’s poor handwriting according to a July 2006 report from the National Academies of Science’s Insititute of Medicine.
A coalition of health care companies and technology firms has launched a program that allows doctors in the US to write electronic prescriptions for free.
The National e-prescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI) will offer doctors access to eRx Now, a Web-based tool that physicians can use to write prescriptions electronically, check for potentially harmful drug interactions and ensure that pharmacies provide appropriate medications and dosages.
Source: Time
