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Newark, N.J.-based Horizon Healthcare Services will spend $5 million to outfit physicians with mobile hardware, wireless network equipment and electronic prescription software. The Horizon Health Connect initiative will provide 400 to 500 physicians with e-prescribing software from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.,; PDAs from Hewlett-Packard Co.; and wireless network technology from Cisco Systems Inc. The payer will provide the technology and software to physicians for free. Physicians will be able to use the software on the PDAs to create and send prescriptions from their office to a pharmacy.