ICS Software, Ltd Launches Sam-ePrescribing
ICS Software, Ltd, makers of the Sammy Systems is proud to announce Sam-ePrescribing. Sam-ePrescribing is 100% approved and certified for participation in the Medicare 2% bonus program.
Oceanside, NY, August 15, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Sammy is fully integrated with Sam-ePrescribing, which allows doctors to create and transmit electronic prescriptions over high speed internet. Sammy also offers a quick method to report your e-prescribing activity to Medicare while entering claims to build credit for your 2% incentive bonus.
In a 2006 report funded by CMS by the Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors, "the committee concludes that there are at least 1.5 million preventable Adverse Drug Effects that occur in the United States each year." Additionally, "according to some estimates, almost 30 percent of prescriptions require pharmacy callbacks." The report also further states "one study found that each preventable ADE that took place in a hospital added about $8,750 (in 2006 dollars) to the cost of the hospital stay. Assuming 400,000 of these events each year—a conservative estimate—the total annual cost would be $3.5 billion in this one group."
The report determined that e-prescribing is one of the more promising tools to lower healthcare costs and improve the quality of patient care. E-prescribing is the processing of prescriptions using a computer system. It is designed to improve patient safety by performing contraindication checking before the prescription is sent to prevent harmful drug interactions in the patient. It can also reduce prescription errors caused by handwriting errors and pharmacy miscommunications.
ICS Software, Ltd has proudly served the medical community since 1986 with software tools to simplify running a medical practice.
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In a 2006 report funded by CMS by the Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors, "the committee concludes that there are at least 1.5 million preventable Adverse Drug Effects that occur in the United States each year." Additionally, "according to some estimates, almost 30 percent of prescriptions require pharmacy callbacks." The report also further states "one study found that each preventable ADE that took place in a hospital added about $8,750 (in 2006 dollars) to the cost of the hospital stay. Assuming 400,000 of these events each year—a conservative estimate—the total annual cost would be $3.5 billion in this one group."
The report determined that e-prescribing is one of the more promising tools to lower healthcare costs and improve the quality of patient care. E-prescribing is the processing of prescriptions using a computer system. It is designed to improve patient safety by performing contraindication checking before the prescription is sent to prevent harmful drug interactions in the patient. It can also reduce prescription errors caused by handwriting errors and pharmacy miscommunications.
ICS Software, Ltd has proudly served the medical community since 1986 with software tools to simplify running a medical practice.
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www.icssoftware.net
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516-766-2129 ext 307
www.icssoftware.net
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