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Niagara Health Quality Coalition Could Add Doctor Data to Hospital Web Site

The Niagara Health Quality Coalition received federal recognition for its efforts to boost health care quality. As part of the HHS designation, the group this summer will gain access to Medicare physician performance data that could allow it to expand its online hospital report cards to include information on physician groups. View web site>

NYS Immunization Information System
NYS mandates immunization reporting for all children - (0-19) to the new registry, starting Jan 1, 2008.

CMS proposes elimination of fax exemption for e-prescribing
The CMS is proposing the elimination of an exemption to electronic prescribing rules that allowed providers to send prescriptions via computer-generated faxes. Read full article>

CMS will discontinue assigning UPINs to Medicare providers. For further details, visit the Change Request or a MLN Matters article.

AAFP Encourages Physicians to Use eRX NOW

The American Academy of Family Physicians, or AAFP, is encouraging family physicians to use free electronic prescribing software offered by the National ePrescribing Safety Initiative (NEPSI). NEPSI is a coalition of technology and health benefits companies, academic medical centers, and healthcare delivery organizations.

Designed with solo physicians and small practices in mind, eRX NOW is a free web-based product which is available to any healthcare provider with legal authority to prescribe medications. It does not require any new additional hardware and only requires minimal training.

For more information, visit www.nationalerx.com.

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