By joining forces with pharmacy benefit managers like Express Scripts and EHR vendors such as Epic and Cerner, Surescripts is working to improve price transparency in the prescribing process.
For a limited time, the companies will provide pharmacists in Texas and Louisiana with free access to patient-specific medication history data.
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Health information network Surescripts revealed its 2016 National Progress Report, and the future of e-prescribing is looking stronger than ever.
Surescripts estimated that the increased sharing of medication histories saved U.S. hospitals $400 million in 2015.
The service is integrated into Epic Systems’ Care Everywhere interoperability platform and early plans were unveiled at HIMSS 2014 in Orlando, Florida.
In an interview, Surescripts CEO Tom Skelton suggested a shift in focus when it comes to interoperability
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He will join Dr. Doug Fridsma of AMIA, David Chao of the Advisory Board Co. and Tom Skelton of Surescripts on a panel called, "Navigating the Interoperability Journey" at the Surescripts Customer Forum in Alexandria, Virginia.
After a long battle, proponents of e-prescribing have achieved their goal of electronic prescribing of controlled substances becoming legal nationwide, as Vermont has become the last holdout to change its rules.
More than two-thirds of the nation's new prescriptions in 2014 were transmitted electronically over the wires of Surescripts, the healthcare connectivity network announced Tuesday. In all, Surescrips processed 6.5 billion healthcare data transactions last year, more than the 6 billion processed by American Express and the 4.5 billion carried over the PayPal network.
E-prescribing connectivity network Surescripts has entered the market for long-term care by announcing a deal with Friday announced a deal with eldercare health IT vendor PointClickCare.
Employees who enjoy their benefits are more inclined to stay with their company. A 2025 Marsh McLennan Agency report said 73% of employees would remain if plan options were better.
Surescripts, a national health information network, announced the addition of several new major hospital and health systems to its health information exchange, which now totals more than 100 health systems using a variety of EHR platforms in an attempt to achieve the elusive status of true interoperability. The following systems recently signed on with Surescrpits: Geisinger, […]