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With the help of electronic prescribing systems, Horizon has doctors send the medicine order with a few taps on their mobile device to mail-order pharmacies that the company has partnered with, according to its annual report filed in 2014.
3 The National Health Service (NHS) Connecting for Health has defined ePrescribing as: "The utilisation of electronic systems to facilitate and enhance the communication of a prescription or medicine order, aiding the choice, administration and supply of a medicine through knowledge and decision support and providing a robust audit trail for the entire medicines use process".
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Fearful that each subsequent malpractice claim could force them into involuntary retirement, physicians will practice "defensive medicine," ordering unnecessary tests and studies simply to insulate themselves from lawsuits.
At the same time, doctors complain that "defensive medicine" — ordering tests and procedures out of fear of being sued — drives up health costs.
Many doctors believe so-called defensive medicine – ordering tests and procedures to avoid lawsuits – is a major reason health costs are so high.
McAllen is a "judicial hellhole" and doctors are practicing defensive medicine, ordering unnecessary tests to protect themselves against lawsuits, and that is driving the difference.
Although the costs are tough to quantify, studies suggest that about 3percentt of the nation's $3.2 trillion in health-care spending, nearly $100 billion, is related to malpractice cases and "defensive medicine" — ordering unnecessary tests and treatments to protect against litigation.
Doctors who have been sued may end up practicing defensive medicine, ordering unnecessary tests and medications or refusing to treat patients with more complex illnesses altogether as a safeguard against future litigation.
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