Electronic prescribing:

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• Electronic prescribing
• Building momentum
• Accelerate deployment in rural counties
• Original counties
• Barriers
• Benefits
• Additional counties
• Improve healthcare quality and patient safety

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We believe the lessons learned from this pilot
project can be used to exhibit the advantages of
technology in medical care and allow for greater
acceptance among the provider community. The
awarding of the grant adds to the momentum seen
in the past years by the eHealth advisory
council, a public-private collaboration of health
care executives in Tennessee. Brent Antony,
TennCare Chief Information Officer
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The grant will allow us to provide the right
infrastructure, equipment and application to
accelerate the deployment in rural
counties. Antoine Agassi, eHealth Advisory
Council Chairman
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Ten original counties selected for participation.
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• BARRIERS
• Expense
• Access
• Staffing

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• BENEFITS
• Free
• Secure
• Simple
• Smart
• Safe

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Fourteen counties selected for participation.
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Electronic prescribing can be an important tool
for health care providers by increasing access to
information on drugs that have been ordered by
other prescribers and by making drug formulary
information readily available. In addition,
electronic prescribing reduces the potential for
errors associated with interpreting doctors
handwritten prescriptions and provide real-time
information on dangerous drug interactions. These
benefits hold the potential to improve health
care quality and represent a significant
advancement in the area of patient safety.
Wendy Long, MD, MPH, TennCare Chief Medical
Officer