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If this year's Medicare prescription-drug legislation becomes law, expect the country to shift wholesale to electronic prescribing within a few years.
Both the House and the Senate legislation call for quick initiation of a standards-setting process for electronic prescribing. Senate legislation would give plans, providers, and patients significant leeway to delay or avoid making the shift. But the House bill would require health plans...
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