The Southeast Michigan ePrescribing Initiative, launched in 2005 to promote electronic prescribing among physicians in Southeast Michigan, has grown approximately 33 percent since last year. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Southeast Michigan ePrescribing Initiative.
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The Supreme Court justices will vote on the healthcare reform's constitutionality today, but will withhold their ultimate decision until the end of the term in June, according to a Washington Post report.