Publications by authors named "Jaime Y Smith"
Evaluation of the Fast Prior Authorization Technology Highway.
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003)
November 2022
Background: Prior authorization (PA) is a utilization management tool used by health plans and pharmacy benefit managers where the payer requires additional documentation from health care providers before authorization of payment for a medication or procedure. PA processes are hypothesized to be more efficient if electronic transmission is utilized instead of manual submission.
Objective: To evaluate the impact of electronic PA (ePA) on approval rate and time to decision and to assess health care provider perception of using ePA.
Access To E-Prescriptions And Related Technologies Before And After Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, And Maria.
Health Aff (Millwood)
February 2019
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria devastated parts of the US mainland and Puerto Rico during the 2017 hurricane season, causing loss of life and substantial damage and interrupting access to health care for many people in the hurricane impact zones. Using data on e-prescriptions and medication history transactions from a large health information network for the period August 2017-May 2018, we examined providers' access to these technologies across affected areas. Although e-prescribing and medication history transactions decreased considerably during each hurricane, transaction volumes returned to normal levels in the days immediately following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in Texas and Florida.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To document national trends of electronic medication history use in the ambulatory setting and describe the characteristics and predicting factors of providers who regularly use medication history transaction capabilities through their e-prescribing systems.
Materials And Methods: The study used provider-initiated medication history data requests, electronically sent over an e-prescribing network from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data from 138,000 prescribers were evaluated using multivariate analyses from 2007 to 2013.