Informatics group sees role for pharmacy in insurance exchanges.

The article focuses on the need to recognize pharmacy informatics as an essential part of federal and state efforts to establish health insurance exchanges in the U.S. According to the Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative, health insurance exchange participants should incorporate c...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Vol. 70; no. 5; pp. 387 - 389
Autor principal: Traynor, Kate
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA 3/1/2013
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Sumario:The article focuses on the need to recognize pharmacy informatics as an essential part of federal and state efforts to establish health insurance exchanges in the U.S. According to the Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative, health insurance exchange participants should incorporate clinical data from electronic health records (EHRs) into quality measures that rely on claims-based data. However, claims-based data failed to record the nonprescription medications of the patient.