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ATLANTA, August 18th, 2008 - McKesson announced today that Practice Partner Patient Records, an award-winning electronic health record, has been recognized by the ePrescribe Florida Collaborative for meeting its electronic prescribing functionality and patient safety criteria.
Practice Partner Patient Records completed the review process of its electronic prescribing functionality with the ePrescribe Florida Collaborative. The review included the system’s ability to alert prescribers to potential drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions during the prescribing process. Practice Partner Patient Records also satisfied the Medicare Part D prescribing standards for presenting patient formulary, benefit and medication history information and electronically transmitting new prescriptions and refills.
“Our goal is to give prescribers the information and independent review they need to help implement successful e-prescribing solutions,” says Walt Culbertson, executive director of ePrescribe Florida. Vendor community participation is critical in our mission of increasing the adoption of electronic prescribing by physicians and clinicians.”
Practice Partner Patient Records electronic prescribing capabilities also include drug-condition, drug-pregnancy, drug-age and drug dosage checking, as well as, a dose advisor and dose calculator. Working within a fully integrated electronic medical record and practice management system, providers are able to write a prescription and automatically update the progress note and medication list. Note templates can also automatically generate prescriptions.
McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 18th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes, and improving the quality and safety of patient care. McKesson is the longest-operating company in healthcare today, and will mark 175 years of continuous operations in 2008. Over the course of its history, McKesson has grown by providing healthcare information technology for physicians, hospitals, homecare and payors; pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients.
For more information, visit http://www.mckesson.com.
ePrescribe Florida, a collaborative of Florida’s prescribing stakeholders, including the state’s leading health plans, physicians and provider associations, pharmacy retail chains and associations, health care quality improvement organizations, health information exchanges, application vendors, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and other key industry and government stakeholders .
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