E-Prescribing Safe and Efficient, But Barriers Remain

- Interviews with physician practices, community pharmacies, and mail-order pharmacies reveal:
- E-prescribing generally regarded as important tool to improve patient safety and save time.
- Physicians and pharmacies both face barriers in realizing e-prescribing's full potential.
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Grossman JM, Cross DA, Boukus ER, et al. Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: Experiences of physician practices and pharmacies. J Am Med Inform Assoc doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000515.
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