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Prescription Choices in EHRs Impact Care Costs

November 19, 2014 2095 Views Christus Health, Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, Eastern U.S., Los Angeles, patient centered design, Paula Salazar, St. Vincent Hospital Foundation, SVHsupport

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers have found that programming electronic health records to make generic drugs a default choice when writing prescriptions may help to curb health care costs.