Strong public support for the use of information technology in the nation's health industry stands in "stark contrast" to the industry's adoption of it, according to a national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by the Commonwealth Fund, a health care advocacy nonprofit.

Maybe you’ve seen the signs at your local pharmacy saying “E-prescriptions filled here” and “Give your prescription a head start” They’re part of a campaign to encourage patients to convert their doctors to electronic prescribing.

A bill in Congress that would require doctors to e-prescribe for Medicare patients or else take a pay cut has been endorsed by an impressive list of groups representing patients, employers, and insurers. But only one major physician organization has jumped on the bandwagon.

Remember internist David Brailer, once the point man for EHRs in the Bush administration? He’s now the chairman of a private-equity firm that’s bankrolling a healthcare IT startup with its own cast of ex-public servants.

The push for e-prescribing is heating up, with bills in the House and Senate that would penalize providers who don't abandon paper scripts for Medicare patients by 2011.

You're under growing pressure to e-prescribe, but how do you get started? An interactive website co-sponsored by organized medicine walks you through the steps.

When you practice medicine in the palm of your hand, you'll want a smartphone and cutting-edge programs. Here are the best.

Starting in 2012, doctors in Massachusetts hospitals must order medications, tests, and procedures using computerized physician order entry (CPOE) if those hospitals want to earn quality-of-care bonuses from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

Identical Senate and House bills introduced last month would require you to electronically transmit prescriptions for Medicare patients to the pharmacy starting in 2011 or else take a pay cut.