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Insurer fosters e-prescribing
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Independence Blue Cross will provide electronic prescribing tools to physicians in southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey to reduce prescribing errors and pharmacy costs. The 500 physicians in the $1 million pilot study will receive handheld devices to check patient drug histories and Rx plan formularies, as well as to access a drug information database.
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