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Surescripts
Care Team Evolution
Empower clinicians as care delivery evolves
Overview
Connect practitioners with clinical and cost information
Healthcare is under intense pressure. Staffing crises and shrinking budgets make traditional care models harder to deliver. Meanwhile, an aging population with more chronic conditions needs high-touch care more than ever.
To keep up, the care team is evolving. Innovative care models and platforms increase the need for easy access to accurate patient information and better intelligence sharing between care providers. That’s why we’re bringing more clinical and cost information to practitioners throughout healthcare so patients get exceptional care, wherever they turn.
22,500
pharmacies using Clinical Direct Messaging to quickly collaborate across healthcare1
7–10
daily phone calls eliminated by one pharmacy group with Real-Time Prescription Benefit2
Key products to support care team evolution
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Clinical Direct Messaging
Let pharmacists, prescribers and other healthcare professionals reliably send and receive information across multiple care collaboration scenarios within their existing workflows.
Healthcare organizations and professionals used Surescripts to send 174.8 million clinical messages in 2022, an increase of 21.4% over 2021.1
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Eligibility
Enable easy access to prescription benefit coverage information in prescribing and pharmacy workflows to increase adherence and boost patient satisfaction.
Moving from manual to electronic eligibility and benefit verification could save the industry $11.78 per transaction.3
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Real-Time Prescription Benefit
Help clinicians solve for affordability and adherence at multiple points in the care journey with patient-specific costs, benefit information and therapeutic alternatives.
$61.17 average Real-Time Prescription Benefit savings/prescription ($428 for specialty medications)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
“Technology and appropriate patient information will allow pharmacists to provide clinical care, including immunizations, medication counseling and important health screenings.”
Dr. Anita Patel, PharmD
Vice President, Pharmacy Services Development, Walgreens
“We are committed to working with Surescripts to address healthcare’s shared challenges with shared health intelligence aimed at better, safer, less costly care.”
Dr. Eric Weidmann
Chief Medical Officer, CGM eMDs/APRIMA
Research & advocacy
Collaborating to expand access to care
Alongside technology, filling gaps in care will require policy and payment model innovation across the industry. Get the latest data, state-level insights and other resources on helping everyone who shares in a patient’s care work as one empowered team.
insights
Keep pace with healthcare innovation
Footnotes
- Surescripts, “2023 National Progress Report,” March 2024.
- Surescripts, “2022 Medication Affordability & Adherence Impact Report,” September 2022.
- CAQH, “2022 CAQH Index: A Decade of Progress,” 2023, p. 52.
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