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September 2, 2004
 NCVHS Addresses the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has been
called upon by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) to develop recommendations for
uniform standards to enable electronic prescribing (e-prescribing)
in ambulatory care. E-prescribing should enable significant
improvements in patient safety, quality of care, and cost
effectiveness. Standards for e-prescribing must not only meet the
requirements of MMA but must also be compatible with all other
standards that are becoming part of the National Health
Information Infrastructure (NHII). This includes standards
developed under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Consolidated Health
Informatics Initiative (CHI). 
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