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Surescripts
Intelligent Prescribing
Bring more automation, collaboration & safety to prescribing
Overview
Improve data accuracy & prescriber/ pharmacist collaboration
The prescribing process can be complex. Workflow interruptions, inefficient communications and unclear prescribing instructions burden prescribers and pharmacists. They can even put patients at risk.
But when clinicians can access trusted patient and prescription data via a network designed for seamless collaboration at scale, prescribing becomes truly intelligent. Care teams can work more efficiently to deliver the best prescription for each patient. Patient safety, medication adherence and outcomes improve.
2.5 billion
e-prescriptions filled in 2023, including 21 million specialty prescriptions1
93%
of discontinued medications successfully canceled at the pharmacy after implementing CancelRx2
34.6 million
RxChange transactions in 2023, enabling pharmacist/prescriber collaboration1
Products to make prescribing smarter
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E-Prescribing
Keep clinicians and pharmacists aligned and securely e-prescribe within existing workflows, with support for NCPDP-defined transactions including NewRx, RefillRx, RxChange and CancelRx.
E-prescribing, combined with Eligibility & Formulary, increases first-fill medication adherence by 20%.3
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Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances
Help providers comply with legislation while bringing extra safety and security to controlled substance prescriptions within your existing workflows.
In 2022, virtually all pharmacies and 81.9% of prescribers in the U.S. were enabled for EPCS.1
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Medication History for Ambulatory
Inform new prescriptions with a detailed look at the medications the patient has filled in the past 12 months. Help alert prescribers to potential drug interactions and adherence concerns.
Surescripts delivered 2.54 billion medication histories in 2022.1
The Surescripts Platform
Powering the future of healthcare
Health intelligence sharing at scale requires powerful infrastructure. The Surescripts Platform supports every Surescripts product and every Network Alliance participant with industry-leading reliability, security and scalability.
Success Stories
Real-world results
“CancelRx provides the alignment of a patient’s prescription information across care provider systems […] and improves our collective ability to ensure that patients are taking the appropriate medication.”
Tolu Akinwale
Manager, Electronic Prescribing, Walgreens
“EPCS is one example of how our customers can achieve interoperability, resulting in increased practice efficiency and patient convenience, not to mention improved patient safety.”
George Cuthbert
Vice President, MEDENT
Insights
Keep pace with healthcare innovation
Footnotes:
- Surescripts, “2023 National Progress Report,” March 2024.
- Taylor L. Watterson et al., “CancelRx Implementation: Observed Changes to Medication Discontinuation Workflows Over Time,” Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, Volume 5 (January 25, 2022).
- Jaime Y. Smith et al., “E-Prescribing with Decision Support Is Associated with Improvements in Medication Adherence," American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits (July/August 2016).
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