Moving from a paper-based prescribing system to a system in which physicians prescribe directly into computers represents an important but challenging transition. This article addresses 5 issues related to computerised prescribing. The first issue is that paper-based prescribing systems do not...

Health information exchanges (HIEs) are entities that have emerged in healthcare delivery markets across the U.S. They enable the electronic sharing of patient information between disparate and fragmented healthcare providers and other stakeholders. HIEs are a type of inter-organizational...