Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 5th November, 2016.

Here are a few I came across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----http://ift.tt/2foVhpx getting e-prescriptions more likely to get them filled By Greg SlabodkinPublished October 28 2016, 7:11am EDTPatients are more likely to pick up and fill their medications if they are given prescriptions in electronic format rather than traditional paper scripts.That’s the finding of a retrospective review of medical records among a cohort of new patients prescribed dermatologic medications at a Dallas safety-net hospital’s outpatient dermatology clinic.The study, published in JAMA Dermatology, included a total of 4,318 prescriptions written for 2,496 patients—803 patients received electronic prescriptions, while...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.


from Australian Health Information Technology http://ift.tt/2foSGvK
- TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH

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