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Massachusetts Health Plan to Give Hand-Held Computers to Its Doctors.

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| April 21, 2001 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Liz Kowalczyk

Apr. 21--Joining the movement to bring doctors into the high-tech age, Tufts Health Plan will give 200 of its physicians hand-held computers on which to write and transmit prescriptions -- a program the health plan hopes will eliminate handwriting errors, lost orders, and other pharmacy hassles.

The program is a joint venture between Tufts, the national pharmacy benefits manager AdvancePCS, and software maker PocketScript.

The software allows doctors to type prescriptions on a wireless computer small enough to fit in a lab-coat pocket, check for dangerous drug interactions by searching a patient's prescription history, find out…

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