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Endorsed by MA-SHARE Advisory Committee - July 2004
e-Prescribing Gateway | e-Prescribing Education
June 2006 -
e-Prescribing Education Report  (finalized December 27, 2005) released on this web site
This report describes the activities and results of a project
conducted in 2004 and 2005, funded by the Foundation for
eHealth Initiative, wherein the Massachusetts Health Data
Consortium developed and tested educational materials to
be leveraged in Massachusetts initiatives to encourage e-Prescribing
adoption and use. The report describes the activities
that were conducted and summarizes the results. The
materials included in this report and its appendixes can
be leveraged by other e-Prescribing adoption initiatives.
We have paid particular attention to workflow and resource
issues by having current practicing physicians offer their
own experiences in structured, case-study formats as part
of a small interactive workshop format. We have created
an e-Prescribing curriculum that is pragmatic, easy-to-understand,
and useful to clinicians.
Note: Appendices are not included here. If any cited
documents are desired, please contact Jerilyn Heinold, Director of Education & Special Projects,
via e-mail.
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Mission & Background
There are a variety of e-Prescribing initiatives in the Commonwealth.
They are sponsored in part by payers, provider organizations and
others, that are creating opportunities for physicians to access
e-Prescribing solutions and take advantage of substantial subsidies
and reduced pricing. Clinical data exchange and e-prescribing also
promise to be high priorities for the new Massachusetts e-Health
Collaborative,
In July 2004, the MA Health Data Consortium's MA-SHARE initiative
was awarded a contract from the e-Health Initiative's Connecting
Communities for Better Health program to support our MedsInfo-ED
project, and to develop a series of education programs targeted
at accelerating the pace of clinical information sharing and e-prescribing
to physicians in both ambulatory care and hospital settings throughout
the state.
MA-SHARE's main projects, MedsInfo-ED and Rx Gateway, are both
aimed squarely at the challenge of expanding use of e-prescribing
by making it easier and cheaper for physicians and other prescribers
to access medication histories, check eligibility, benefits and
formularies, process claims, and send prescriptions directly to
pharmacies and mail order companies for dispensing.
The goal of this ePrescribing Advisory Committee (ePAG) is to
assure that MA-SHARE's e-prescribing projects and education programs
are coordinated with current efforts, including the e-Prescribing
Collaborative, the MA Medical Society's initiative as well as with
vendors currently active in the market, including PocketScript,
DrFirst, RxHub, SureScripts and others.
Beginning in the winter of 2005 we began offering a series of
education programs and information resources to enhance these ongoing
initiatives. The first priority for the committee was to discuss
and review the educational curriculum we are developing, with support
from our Connecting Communities for Better Health e-Prescriptions
Project, and in collaboration with SureScripts and other technology
companies. Our program addresses some of the questions e-prescribing "buyers" need
to answer. What should I do first, e-prescribing or EMR? What
will it take to implement? How does my first decision relate to
my long-term technology strategy? How do the vendors compare, and
which one is right for me? What can I afford?
Our joint educational program includes market surveys, web-supported
education sessions and regional meetings. We leverage the combined
experience that our ePAG members have gained, along with physicians
who have already implemented e-prescribing to share important "lessons
learned," as well as practical information about how to choose
and subsequently implement their own e-prescribing solution.
Our e-Prescribing Advisory Group is invaluable in helping us learn
more about the progress being made in the marketplace and we are
most successful when we leverage the experiences and the knowledge
gained by other active organizations and companies.
MA-SHARE and the Consortium are committed to making e-prescribing
a critical building block in our long term clinical data exchange
strategy.
Sponsors
The e-Prescribing Education Project is supported by a federal
grant administered by the eHealth
Initiative.
Staff
- Jerilyn
Heinold - Director of Education & Special Projects,
MA Health Data Consortium
- Diane
Stone - Project Manager, MA-SHARE's MedsInfo-ED Project
Advisory Group
The e-Prescribing Advisory Group (ePAG) met on December 17, 2004
-- Summary
Slides (PDF)
Organizations and companies invited to participate in the ePrescribing Advisory Group (ePAG)
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Alliance for Health Care Improvement
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
DrFirst
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Harvard Medical School
Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS)
Healthnet Systems Consulting, Inc
HealthVision
MA Medical Society
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MassPRO
Medco Health Solutions
MEDITECH
Partners Healthcare System
RelayHealth
RxHub
SureScripts
The Croes Oliva Group
Tufts Health Plan
Zix Corp
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Current Activities
- 2006 - The Consortium participates on the eRx Collaborative Steering Committee
The eRx Collaborative is a joint effort of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA),
Tufts Health Plan (Tufts HP), Neighborhood Health Plan, and their
technology partners DrFirst and ZixCorp®, to promote ePrescribing
adoption in Massachusetts. Learn about the eRx Collaborative's
mission and projects in the accompanying Fact Sheet. In 2006,
the Committee has also published a Fact Sheet on the Benefits of
e-Prescribing to emphasize the benefits to all health care stakeholders
in embracing electronic prescribing.
- 2006 - The eRx Collaborative, along with the Consortium and many of the
Commonwealth's local community pharmacies will launch a statewide
technology assessment. The assessment is designed to help physicians
determine if their practice already possesses the technology to
establish a direct, two-way, computer-to-computer connection with
their local pharmacies. Practices will be sent the one-page assessment
by fax and mail, or have the option to complete it at GetRxConnected.com/MA.
Physicians can also call with questions about the assessment or electronic prescribing in general:
1-866-RxReady (1-866-797-3239).
Presentations
NOTE: All of the above publications were made possible by grant
number 1D1BTM00095-01 from the Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS,
to the Foundation for eHealth Initiative. The contents are solely
the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect
the official review of HRSA/OAT and the Foundation for eHealth
Initiative.
This page last updated June 30, 2006
For further information regarding the MA-SHARE initiative and
its projects, please contact Gail Fournier, Partner, CSC Consulting, via
e-mail. We welcome your further questions & look forward
to your participation in our work and our events!
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