ARLINGTON, Va. – Nearly half of pharmacists and two-thirds of prescribers report an increase in technology use over the past 18 months, according to a new Surescripts survey. The survey also found the majority of pharmacists and many prescribers believe the responsibilities of care providers, including nurses, physician assistants, physicians, specialists and non-clinical professionals, have
ARLINGTON, Va. – As the health industry continues to grapple with COVID-19, a new Surescripts report shows that providers are increasingly leveraging technology innovations to streamline processes, share information and improve patient care. Health systems, pharmacies and health plans are adapting to this new era of “touchless health care,” reaching a number of major adoption and
ARLINGTON, Va.— Surescripts is further streamlining the specialty medication process with two new network services. Specialty pharmacies can now gather clinical information and conduct prior authorizations within their workflow, enabling patients to get on therapy faster and giving specialty pharmacists more time to serve as trusted partners and resources for patients with serious and complex
ARLINGTON, Va. — Surescripts Real-Time Prescription Benefit for Pharmacy service is now available, enabling pharmacists to access information on out-of-pocket prescription costs and therapeutic alternatives at the point of dispensing. This new tool empowers pharmacists to seamlessly collaborate with patients and prescribers on choosing an alternative medication that is both clinically appropriate and affordable. With pricing,
ARLINGTON, Va. — Surescripts’ Prescription Price Transparency and the Patient Experience survey shows that patients want to talk about the price of a prescription with their provider to avoid the sticker shock and delays that can lead to medication non-adherence. Electronic health records (EHR) vendors and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are responding by developing tools that
ARLINGTON, Va. — Surescripts is again bringing innovation to the prescribing process with its new Specialty Patient Enrollment service, which helps prescribers, specialty hubs and pharmacists automate the specialty prescribing process. The technology auto populates the electronic enrollment form required for specialty medications and integrates it into the e-prescribing process. When combined with access to patient-specific
ARLINGTON, Va. – A new report from Surescripts demonstrates how the nation’s leading health information network collaborated across the health care market to improve the accuracy of e-prescription transactions by 64% since 2016, leading to better e-prescribing quality, safety and cost. “Surescripts has worked across the industry to consistently improve the accuracy of e-prescribing as
ARLINGTON, Va. — The complex specialty prescribing process consumes a disproportionate amount of time and effort according to a new Surescripts survey of health care providers. For example, nearly 40% of providers surveyed said it can take up to two weeks to get their patients started on specialty therapy. The results of the survey point to
SAN FRANCISCO — Gemini Health today announced a new initiative to help lower prescription drug costs by working with Surescripts, the nation’s largest health information network, to deliver price transparency at the time of prescribing. Gemini’s Drug-Cost Transparency Services will be delivered via Surescripts Real-Time Prescription Benefit service integrated with electronic health record (EHR) software companies representing
ST. LOUIS — A suite of high-impact, data-driven engagement programs from Express Scripts are said to be simplifying the prescribing experience for physicians and providers. The new programs are said to be able to help them both make better clinical and cost-effective decisions with their patients right at the point-of-care. The solutions are part of the
ARLINGTON, Va. — Surescripts said its health information network processed more than 10.9 billion secure transactions in 2016, up 12% year over year. That transactional traffic included 1.6 billion electronic prescriptions, or 180,000 every hour, according to the Surescripts 2016 National Progress Report, released this week. Last year, Surescripts’ interoperable network connected 1.3 million health
ARLINGTON, Va. — Surescripts aims to sharpen the accuracy of electronic prescribing with the launch of its new Sentinel automated e-prescription monitoring system. Announced this week, Sentinel will boost patient safety, care quality and workflow efficiency by pinpointing areas for improvement and analyzing e-prescribing trends for better patient care, the health information network said. Sentinel
ARLINGTON, Va. — Surescripts is expanding to support population health management with its Medication History for Panel Management service. The health information network said Wednesday that the service — for health systems, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and analytics vendors — provides one connection robust population health management data from 14 pharmacies, with 28,000 store locations
ARLINGTON, Va. — Surescripts has activated its National Record Locator Service, an interoperable platform that enables health providers to locate and exchange patient records stored in any care location nationwide. The health information network said Monday that the service — whose partners include CVS Health, Express Scripts, Epic and NextGen Healthcare — encompasses 140 million
