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Legislative Workgroup on Electronic Prescribing

Created through the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 81 (SR 81) by Senator Fred Mills and House Resolution No. 108 (HR 108) by Representative Bernard LeBas during the Regular Session of the 2011 Louisiana Legislature, this group was charged to study and make recommendations on the following aspects of electronic prescribing systems:
(1)   Best practices to maintain a neutral platform for the secure electronic transmission of health data including, but not limited to medication history, formulary status, and other patient information health professionals typically access when prescribing medication and other interventions.
(2)   Best practices to assure attempts to influence, through economic incentives or otherwise, the prescribing decisions of the practitioner at the point of care can be kept to a minimum and focused on patient safety and outcomes that maximize patient and provider freedom of choice.
(3)   Best practices to assure messages in electronic prescribing systems are substantially supported by scientific evidence, accurate, up to date, and fact based, including  a fair and balanced presentation of risks and benefits, and support for better clinical decision making, such as alerts to adverse events and access to formulary information.
(4)   Best practices to establish a process to provide electronic prior authorization request and approval transactions between providers and group purchasers.

Membership

SR 81 and HR 108 identified the 21 organizations with representation on the workgroup.  The roster for the workgroup can be accessed here.



Meetings

08-19-2011     Agenda    

01-18-2012     Agenda



Final Report


Responses to Final Report

01-27-2012     La. Association of Health Plans (LAHP)

01-27-2012     La. Health Care Quality Forum (LHCQF)

01-30-2012     eQHealth Solutions (eQHS)


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