Impact of the HITECH Act's incentive program on the adoption of drug-drug interaction alerts and electronic prescribing in the ambulatory care setting

Background: The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has allocated billions of dollars as incentives through the meaningful use (MU) program to promote the implementation of electronic health record (EHR) systems nationwide. The use of drug-drug interaction (DDI) alerts, electronic prescribing (eRx), and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems integrated into EHR systems has now become mandatory for providers to achieve MU compliance and qualify for financial incentives, that ultimately aimed to reduce medication errors, and improve patient outcomes and adherence.

Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - May 1, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mohammed Malhani, Mary Maneno, Earl Ettienne, La ’Marcus Wingate Source Type: research