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MEDCO STUDY SHOWS E-PRESCRIBING WORKS
Medco Health Solutions (Franklin Lakes, NJ) found that physicians using e-prescribing technology increased their generic substitution rates by more than 15% and their generic dispensing rates by more than 8%.
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MEDCO JOINS BIG 3 AUTO IN E-PRESCRIBING INITIATIVE
Medco Health Solutions (Franklin Lakes, NJ) hopes to equip up to 17,000 physicians with e-prescribing technology as part of a trial spearheaded by General Motors, Ford Motor Co., and DaimlerChrysler.
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SIERRA PICKS ZIX FOR SECURE E-MAIL
Sierra Health Services (Las Vegas, NV) has signed a three-year contract with Zix Corp. (Dallas), which will provide Sierra’s 3000 employees with HIPAA-compliant secure e-messaging technology.
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HARVARD PILGRIM DEALS BLOW TO PEROT
Harvard Pilgrim Heath Care (Wellesley, MA) will end its information technology outsourcing arrangement with Perot Systems (Plano, TX) and instead will phase in a transaction processing platform from UnitedHealth Group over the next three years, Perot announced.
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BCBS-FL PAYS DOCS $30 PER ONLINE VISIT
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (Jacksonville, FL) is paying physicians $30 for an electronic office visit conducted through secure communications technology provided by RelayHealth (Emeryville, CA), according to Robert Foster, M.D., chief medical information officer.
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BCBS-MA ENDS WEBMD EXCLUSIVE FOR EDI
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Boston) ended its exclusive arrangement with WebMD (Elmwood Park, NJ) for electronic data interchange transactions last month, Carl Ascenzo, chief information officer, told EHI.
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