The eHealth Initiative is an independent, nonprofit organization that engages doctors and
patients in order to standardize and reform the use of health information technology (HIT) to
improve patient care in the United States.
One of the eHealth Initiative's main objectives is the advocacy of electronic prescribing, or e-prescribing. With
handwritten scripts, the correctness of the prescription relies on both the hand of the writer and
the eye of receiver. Electronic prescription could reduce the margin of error in patient
distribution of drug by a great deal. The eHealth Institute also supports the work of the United
States' health information exchange (HIE) and
regional extension center initiatives through educational programs and resources.
This was last updated in October 2010
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