New Alliance Formed to Facilitate ePrescribing
August 23, 2004 New Alliance Formed to Facilitate ePrescribing A new initiative, Cafe Rx, was announced on August 10, 2004, at the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs' Educational Forum in San Francisco, California. The initiatives goal is accelerating the adoption of ePrescribing. The initiative is being sponsored by Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Capgemini, Cisco Systems, HP, Microsoft, the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, NDCHealth, RxHub, and SureScripts. ePrescribing -- the ability for a physician to electronically submit a "clean" prescription directly to a pharmacy from the point of care -- has been widely viewed as a critical element in improving . . .
