RXNT is featured in Starfleet Research’s 2016 Smart Decision Guide to Medical Practice Management Solutions. In this guide, readers will learn all the necessary steps to take when considering a Practice Management solution. From the basics key concepts you should focus on to the questions you should be asking. RXNT’s Practice Management is a cloud-based […]
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Wake up, America. The prescription drug abuse epidemic is taking the lives of people way too quickly. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, in 2014 there were over 25,000 deaths caused prescription drugs overdoses. Prescription drug abusers have easy access to their pills because: 1. Overprescribing by their doctors 2. Prescriptions on paper
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If you’re not on board with Meaningful Use, now is the time. On April 27, 2016, The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) issued a Press Release, Administration takes first step to implement legislation modernizing how Medicare pays physicians for quality, publishing that the initial step has been made to update legislation (MACRA Proposed
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The true benefits of Electronic Health Records (EHR) software are not yet fully recognized by most physicians, nurses, medical staff, and healthcare practices in general, which understandably can lead to mounting frustration. In a 2014 survey by Healthcare Informatics of nearly 14,000 nurses, 92% stated that they were unhappy with their EHR. With the stigma
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Maine is officially the second state to mandate e-Prescribing in the hopes of reducing drug addiction and abuse. By January 2017, all physicians are required to enter prescriptions for controlled substances into the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMP) and by the end of 2017 all controlled substances must be electronically prescribed. To help regulate opioid prescriptions,
Dr. Leana S. Wen, Health Commissioner for the city of Baltimore, used her personal experience to emphasize the fact that doctors can unknowingly prescribe lethal combinations of drugs without realizing the effects in her article The Accidental Deadly Drug Prescriptions. According to the National Vital Statistics System in 2010, one in three unintentional overdose deaths
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Many prescribers view the New York State E-Prescribing Mandate as unnecessary and do not understand how the New York Government could pass such legislation. The legislation calls for all prescriptions of non-controlled and controlled substances to be transmitted to pharmacies electronically. This means, all prescribing physicians, including those who are retired, need to have an
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Sometimes people cringe at the mere thought of change, especially when it comes to technology that can affect a provider’s bottom line. The past few years, there has been a lot of change in the Healthcare Industry ranging from the release of the new HCFA 1500 form to the ICD-10 transition. These changes have brought
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This coming Sunday, March 27th—with limited exceptions—physicians must electronically send their orders directly to pharmacies, otherwise they face the possibility of fines, license loss, or even jail. While New York’s mandate may seem harsh, the reality is that this requirement is meant to fight painkiller abuse, which has become a major problem in New York
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In less than two weeks, New York will require all prescriptions to be written electronically and transmitted to pharmacies with few exceptional cases. Understandably, physicians are focused on the fact that compliance is a duty, and not a right, but their focus will likely change as they get used to e-Prescribing and realize its plethora of benefits.
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