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MELVILLE, NY - Sequel Systems, Inc., a dynamic, service-oriented healthcare technology company, today announced the SequelMed eRx Initiative, which will make the company`s SequelMed e-Prescribe solution available to qualified hospitals and medical societies free of charge. The initiative is part of Sequel Systems` ongoing campaign to reduce medical errors by increasing the adoption and active use of e-prescribing technology in hospitals and physicians` offices across the nation. |
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According to a report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), more than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by medication errors. In the same report, the IOM recommended that all prescriptions be written and received electronically by the year 2010. Congress passed the “Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act of 2008” earlier this year and CMS adopted the “Standards for e-Prescribing under Medicare Part D” and the “Medicare Prescription Drug Program” on April 7, 2008. As such, doctors who prescribe Medicare Part D drugs electronically next year will be rewarded with additional pay. However, those incentives eventually will run out, and penalties will begin for physicians who continue to write paper prescriptions. |
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