Another Washington-based think tank has cropped up. According to the Kaiser Network, a group of doctors, pharmacies, health insurers and others have formed an organization to help reduce medication errors.
The new organization will dedicate itself to promoting “best practices for the use of electronic prescribing technology that links physicians, pharmacists and patients.â€
“Because medication nonadherence is estimated to account for between 10% to 20% of hospital admissions and adds up to $100 billion a year to health care costs in the U.S. alone, innovations related to e-prescription and improving patients’ success in taking medications as prescribed have the potential to greatly improve both clinical and economic outcomes,” said Bern Shen, director of strategic planning at the Intel Digital Health Group.
