Patients who get written prescriptions will see changes this summer aimed at curbing fraud. Come July 1, prescriptions will be printed on tamper-resistant paper with Mission Impossible-like ink that ...

(TNS) -- Physicians, dentists and other clinicians start exclusively using electronic prescribing systems Sunday as New York begins sweeping paper pads out of day-to-day circulation. Gov. Andrew M.

Hospitals and health systems across the country have been returning to paper medical records during IT outages caused by the unceasing number of cyberattacks plaguing the industry. — Stand up incident ...

As debates over environmental responsibility intensify across industries, one thing is clear: every sheet of paper has a footprint and now we can measure it more accurately than ever. The ...

A New York State law that requires all physicians to prescribe electronically will go into effect on Sunday, March 27. While this is not the first such law in the country — Minnesota has had a ...

New York is the first state to require that all prescriptions be created electronically and to back up that mandate with penalties, including fines and imprisonment, for physicians who fail to comply.

Fully electronic prescriptions significantly reduce the risk of error during the dispensing process and help minimise person-to-person contact during the Covid-19 ...

Electronic prescriptions are associated with a lower rate of primary nonadherence to medications compared to paper prescriptions, according to a new three-year study published in JAMA Dermatology.