Telemedicine

eazyScripts, a leading provider of e-prescribing software for telemedicine providers, announced recently the go-live of MyTelemedicine, one of the top five telemedicine providers in the U.S. [...]

The world of medicine is constantly changing. Today, technology plays a major role in medicine, as doctors regularly look for better ways to treat people. Technology has brought numerous advances [...]

An aging population and ever-increasing healthcare costs are propelling growth in the telemedicine marketplace. According to a new market research report, Global Telemedicine Market – [...]

A recent article on the Healthcare Law Today web site discussed how telemedicine providers are dealing with e-prescribing and controlled substances. As providers become more comfortable with [...]

Prior authorization (PA), the review needed by certain medications before an insurance plan will cover them, is critical. PA also determines if the medication is medically necessary and [...]

$55 billion in health and social costs related to prescription opioid abuse each year $20 billion in emergency department and inpatient care for opioid poisonings On an average day in the U.S. [...]

Opioid medications are prescribed to alleviate pain and suffering, but their abuse and misuse is killing more than 33,000 Americans every year. Prescription painkiller abuse is a problem of [...]

Drugs not covered (benefits and eligibility checks) E-prescribing provides real-time, patient-specific information to providers regarding a patient’s prescription drug benefit coverage as well as [...]

In 2015, Vermont became final state to legalize e-prescribing of controlled substances. E-prescribing proponents have long said that electronic prescriptions are more secure than paper [...]

Here are the five most expensive prescription drugs in 2016 as compiled by prescription drug comparison website GoodRx — and which companies are profiting from them. Sovaldi The price tag [...]