Assessing the value of electronic prescribing in ambulatory care: A focus group study.

Saul N. Weingart; Michael Massagli; Adrienne Cyrulik; Thomas Isaac; Laurinda Morway; Daniel Z. Sands; Joel S. Weissman

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Assessing the value of electronic prescribing in ambulatory care: A focus group study.

September 2, 2009

Weingart SN, Massagli M, Cyrulik A, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2009;78(9):571-8.

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Focus groups with primary care physicians identified several barriers to increased use of electronic prescribing. These included excessive and confusing drug alerts and unreimbursed costs.

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