Medical Association Plans E-Prescribing Stakeholder Summit

Physicians, pharmacy representatives and legislators will gather in Austin Oct. 16 at the invitation of the Texas Medical Association for a “stakeholders' summit” on “e-prescribing.”Texas, along with California and Minnesota, have been working to implement various electronic initiatives in workers’ compensation and health care – with e-prescribing now on the list.Association spokesman Brent Annear says the gathering of invited stakeholders is intended as an opportunity for the various interests involved in electronic prescriptions to discuss issues and...