Industry analysts say that while the merger between SureScripts and RxHub will advance the country's electronic prescribing infrastructure, e-prescribing adoption among physicians remains low because of high adoption costs and security concerns. Modern Healthcare.
The European Commission announced two initiatives aimed at making electronic health records interoperable among European Union countries and creating a pilot project to link pharmacy systems in 12 member states. Healthcare IT News, eHealth Europe.
The successor group to the American Health Information Community will be led by a board of directors. The board likely will include 18 members representing the federal government, state government and consumers. Board members will be announced at the end of September. Government Health IT.
According to a Boston Globe editorial, recent personal health record initiatives are an important part of providing consumers with access to their personal health data, but what is "more important is getting doctors and hospitals connected into a single system." Boston Globe.