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March 21, 2023
Sticker Shock, Scale, and Medication Adherence: DrFirst and athenahealth Expand Partnership to Help Patients Start and Stay on Therapy
Getting a prescription does not necessarily mean taking it, a problem that can harm patients and contribute to unnecessary healthcare costs. We are...
September 28, 2020
Medication Adherence Strategies – Educating Patients and Decreasing Non-Adherence
This blog is part of a series introducing the concept of the Healthiverse, explaining why it’s essential to eliminate the siloes between care team...
February 14, 2019
Prescription Drug Price Transparency and its Visible Impact on Medication Adherence
Medication non-adherence exacts a heavy toll, both on patients and the broader healthcare industry. According to a review in the Annals of Internal...
December 19, 2017
Mobile Medication Management: Holding Your Practice’s Future in Your Fingertips – Literally
Think about the last time you logged into your computer just to check the weather or determine what movie you want to see on the weekend. You can...
September 19, 2014
Elements of a Patient-Centered Encounter: Enhancing Patient Engagement and Accountability
Increasingly provider compensation and penalties are associated with the quality of care they deliver to their patients and whether those patients...
April 22, 2014
Communications Strategies that Foster Patient Accountability
Health literacy, defined as the “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and...
November 21, 2012
Prescription Abandonment: It’s Not What the Doctor Ordered
Prescription abandonment is a growing concern in the medical community. With more and more doctors having digital access to patient medication...
May 1, 2012
NY Times Featured Article: Chicken Scratches vs. Electronic Prescriptions
As e-mail and texting have become our favored means of written communication, handwriting has almost disappeared. Penmanship is becoming a modern...
April 20, 2012
What FDA Regulation of Mobile Medical Apps Means to You
A Food and Drug Administration July 19, 2011, press release announced: FDA outlines oversight of mobile medical applications. The release listed...
April 17, 2012
Delay ICD-10 and Other Healthcare Wishes for 2012
Many healthcare practitioners have a wish list for 2012. Most Healthcare IT list makers have a tendency to consult everyone but actual practitioners....
April 16, 2012
HIStalk Interviews DrFirst President G. Cameron Deemer: Part 2 of 3
The next level of value added could be detecting patient non-adherence, treatment conflicts, or medication reconciliation. You also have your...
April 12, 2012
5 Stages of Collaboration in in EHR's
Shahid Shah says, “It’s time for electronic health records (EHRs) to grow up.” “It’s not just about creating electronic health records and...
April 11, 2012
HIStalk Interviews DrFirst President G. Cameron Deemer: Part 1 of 3
Tell me about yourself and about DrFirst. I started in healthcare in the pharmacy benefits...
April 10, 2012
Study Shows that E-prescribing Improves Performance while Reducing Medical Errors
According to a recent study, hospitals that adopt e-prescribing technology are able to reduce medication errors by almost two-thirds. The study,...
April 6, 2012
The 411 on Privacy
Why do we hear so much about privacy in the media today? Have not all the issues been settled? The simple answer is “no”. Not all the issues have...
April 3, 2012
See how DrFirst helps Stakeholders in Healthcare
Connecting stakeholders within the healthcare industry is what DrFirst does. Whether you're a physician, patient, hospital, health plan, or an...
March 27, 2012
Interview & Podcast: HIT Interoberability with Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst Part 1 of 3
n this interview podcast, Fred Pennic of HIT Consultant speaks with Cameron Deemer, President at Dr First about the integrated HIT suite of...
January 6, 2012
The MIPPA Breakdown
It’s a fact that e-prescribing can save a practice valuable time. And time is money. But does your practice realize just how much money in...
December 20, 2011
Why Correctional Care Facilities Need Online Health Records
Running a prison is not inexpensive. A 2011 Financial Times article reported that states spend $50 billion a year on correctional...
December 19, 2011
How Electronic Medication History Saves Lives
The shift from paper-based prescribing and medication history methods to an electronic medication history system is of immeasurable value to not only...
November 30, 2011
EMR and EHR: Know the Difference
In the healthcare community, the distinction between an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and an Electronic Health Record (EHR) is somewhat ambiguous,...
September 27, 2011
Solving Acute Care Drug Dilemmas: Uncovering Patient Medication Management Easily
How big of a role does uncovering patient medication history and medication management mean in an acute care setting? Knowing a patient’s...
September 23, 2011
Critical Access Hospitals Get Funding For Health IT to Stimulate Economy
There’s good news this month for critical access hospitals (CAHs). The Obama administration is offering loans so CAHs can catch up to their urban...
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