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Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off

Healthcare IT Today

History of EPCS Kyle Zebley, head of public policy American Telemedicine Association (ATA) , says that Congress called on the DEA to implement a policy for a special controlled substance registration process in 2008. This requirement languished for the past 15 years, probably because the DEA had a multitude of competing priorities.

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Color Me Healthy – Pantone’s Forecast on Post-Pandemic Well-Being and Design

Health Populi

In health care, we turn to ANSI health data standards like HL7 and FHIR for data interoperability, and DICOM for moving medical images from place to place. For context, Pantone plays a role in your life you might not realize. This model received 30,000 pre-orders, David said, before its launch.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine. TPA Amazon realizes that they could significantly lower the costs of administrative services by solving interoperability. Google started a health-records initiative in 2008, but shut it down by 2011, citing poor adoption. But how easy will it actually be?