Webinar Session 6: An Introduction to E-Prescribing
Online training held on May 12, 2011 [55 minute webinar with audio, video and inline polls]
IL-HITREC E-prescribing webinar presentation slides, May 12, 2011
IL-HITREC e-prescribing webinar flyer, May 12, 2011
Online resources cited in the presentation
IL-HITREC E-prescribing webinar presentation slides, May 12, 2011
IL-HITREC e-prescribing webinar flyer, May 12, 2011
Online resources cited in the presentation
Featured Speakers:
Larry Pawola, PharmD, Clinical Associate Professor Biomedical and Health Information Sciences College of Applied Health Sciences, UIC
Abel Kho, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of
General Internal Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Purpose: Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) is one feature tied with "Meaningful Use" of an Electronic Health Record. Some of the described benefits of e-prescribing are checking patient benefits/insurance information, supporting dosage calculations, measuring drug-drug interactions and securely transmitting the prescription. This lecture is to familiarize physicians and their offices with the basics and the intricacies of this newer technology.
From this knowledge, physicians should be able to:
Larry Pawola, PharmD, Clinical Associate Professor Biomedical and Health Information Sciences College of Applied Health Sciences, UIC
Abel Kho, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of
General Internal Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Purpose: Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) is one feature tied with "Meaningful Use" of an Electronic Health Record. Some of the described benefits of e-prescribing are checking patient benefits/insurance information, supporting dosage calculations, measuring drug-drug interactions and securely transmitting the prescription. This lecture is to familiarize physicians and their offices with the basics and the intricacies of this newer technology.
From this knowledge, physicians should be able to:
- Explain the functionality and benefits of e-prescribing
- Summarize practical considerations for implementation in practice
- Identify resources or tools to facilitate adoption
IL-HITREC is headquartered at Northern Illinois University, with satellite offices in Chicago, DeKalb, Peoria, and Sauget.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine and Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center(IL-HITREC). The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine designates the Live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IL-HITREC provides vendor-neutral technical assistance related to the selection, implementation and use of electronic health record systems. The cost of these services is subsidized through an award from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), Department of Health and Human Services (Grant 90RC0023/10).
ILHITREC P.O. Box 755, Sycamore, IL 60178 Ph: 815-753-1136 Fax: 815-753-2460
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