Mail order prescriptions may now be sent electronically from LMR

DEA issues rule for e-prescribing controlled substances

Eligible provider incentives for Meaningful Use of a certified electronic health record

Did you know? What survey responders are saying about the right click function in the LMR?

Mail order prescriptions may now be sent electronically from LMR Top of Page

We are pleased to announce that the Longitudinal Medical Record (LMR) has successfully completed the Surescripts certification process required to allow LMR users the ability to electronically route prescription requests to mail order pharmacies.

The electronic transmission of mail order prescriptions will provide better service to the patient by reducing the time patients need to wait to receive mail order prescriptions. LMR users will benefit from increased efficiency with e-prescribing medications.

With the addition of electronic transmission of mail order prescriptions, the LMR Rx Pad has been enhanced to accommodate a workflow that allows for two prescriptions to be routed from a single Rx Pad. This new functionality will allow for a prescription to be routed to a retail pharmacy and a mail order pharmacy. This will reduce the redundancy of entering prescriptions individually for a 30 and 90 day supply.

This certification has granted us full access to Medco eligibility, formulary, medication history and mail order pharmacies as well.

Note - Any Mail Order Pharmacies listed in the patient’s chart indicated as Retail should be removed.

Mail Order Reference Tool - click here

Mail Order Prescription - Presentation Video click here

DEA issues rule for e-prescribing controlled substances Top of Page

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently published an Intrim Final Rule (IFR) for e-prescribing controlled substances. The document specifies the guidelines providers will need to follow in order to electronically prescribe controlled substances. Stringent security requirements have been defined that focus on the key areas of identity proofing, access control, two-factor authentication, and audit requirements.

Please note - the new rule did not change the rules for prescriptions printed from an EMR that are manually signed.

The new rules take effect on June 1, 2010. However, before prescribers are able to take advantages of this new option, there will need to be changes to the LMRs prescribing module to allow for a new security procedure when electronically signing for controlled substances. In addition, Pharmacies also have new requirements, and are not yet accepting these prescriptions electronically.

Today, LMR users cannot electronically transmit controlled substances, therefore users should continue to prescribe controlled substances as they have in the past.

The next step is to present a summary of the IFR to the LMR Executive Committee. The LMR Executive Committee is the leadership group that prioritizes the work of the LMR. This group meets monthly to discuss LMR projects, services and other LMR-related issues. They will assist with prioritizing development work needed to e-prescribe controlled substances from the LMR.

Eligible provider incentives for Meaningful Use of a certified electronic health record Top of Page

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have been authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to incent eligible providers who are successful in demonstrating their meaningful use of a certified electronic health record.

Financial incentives will begin in 2011 and decrease over time, penalties will be imposed on providers who are not meaningful users of certified EHR technology by the end of 2015.

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Did you know? What survey responders are saying about the right click function in the LMR? Top of Page

The Right Click on a patient name function was introduced in the Spring 2009 Release.

Simply hover the mouse pointer over a patient name in the LMR schedule, clinical messaging, results manager, document manager and to do list and right-mouse-click. A pop-up box will appear with options for common tasks

demographics
viewing the last visit note
creating a new clinical messages or adding the patient to a patient list.

What are survey responders saying about right click in the LMR?

In the Summer 2009 LMR Satisfaction survey we asked how helpful/unhelpful the specific right click options were.

Heres what we learned:

Many people still don't know or don't use this new feature, but of those who do, when right clicking on a patient name:
- 71% responded that viewing demographics was helpful.
- 56% responded that viewing your last note was helpful.
- 49% responded that viewing the last practice note was helpful.
- 43% responded that creating a new clinical message was helpful.
- 34% responded that adding a patient to your patient list was helpful.

Efforts are underway to spread the word about this new time-saving feature. Give right-click a try!