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If Medicare Rx bill happens, e-prescribing wins the day. (Electronic Prescribing).

Publication: Medicine & Health

Publication Date: 04-AUG-03
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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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