INTELLIGENCE IN ACTION

50 Days and Counting: Take These Necessary Steps to Meet EPCS Requirements

By Ken Whittemore Jr.

4minutes

Featured Articles

November 06, 2019

Record-Breaking FDA Approvals Mean Hope for Patients but Challenges for Healthcare Access, Delivery and Affordability

By Andrea Douglas

10minutes

October 29, 2019

When It Comes to Choosing The Right Prescription Price Transparency Model—and Improving Member Care—Seven is the Magic Number for Innovative Health Plans

By Ryan Hess

4minutes

October 28, 2019

Billions of Congratulations to This Year’s 12 White Coat Award Winners

By Mike Lessard

3minutes

Recent Articles

October 23, 2019

Surescripts Is Helping Independent Pharmacists Spend More Time with Patients—And Less Time with Paperwork

By Ken Whittemore Jr.

4minutes

October 22, 2019

Now Trending: EPCS Among Physicians and Medicare Part D Patients

By Jaime Smith

4minutes

October 15, 2019

ONC and Surescripts Help EHRs Say Goodbye to Duplicate Testing Efforts — and Hello to Focusing on Prescriber Needs

By Tara Dragert

3minutes

October 14, 2019

Larry King Talks Prescription Accuracy, Retail Pharmacy and the Stuff They Can’t Teach You in School

By Kate Rusciano

10minutes

September 26, 2019

The (Avoidable) Healthcare Runaround: Phone Calls, Card Games and Sticker Shock

By Melanie Marcus

7minutes

September 23, 2019

Immortality, Immunotherapy and the Future of Cancer

By Chris Bradley

7minutes

September 17, 2019

Five Things to Help You Through SCRIPT v2017071 Migration

By Aaron Forman, Chief Technology Officer, DAW Systems

6minutes

September 09, 2019

“When It Goes Well, It Feels Like Magic” Two HIT Experts Chat about the Real-World Impact of Interoperability

By Melissa Nix

4minutes

August 26, 2019

Helping Pharmacists and Staff Do What They Love: Make People Feel Better

By Melanie Marcus

4minutes

August 22, 2019

Showing Up for Patients, Prescribers and Pharmacists with Safe and Accurate E-Prescribing

By Mike Lessard

3minutes

August 22, 2019

Surescripts Supports CMS in its Effort to Streamline Prior Authorization for Prescribers and Expedite Patient Access to Needed Medications

By Mary Ann Chaffee

3minutes

August 14, 2019

It’s A Jungle Out There: A Conversation with Maggie “Health Ranger” Shalagan

By Kelly Bundy

5minutes

August 13, 2019

When Paperwork Comes Before Patients: Missing Key Information Complicates Specialty Prescribing

By Kathy Lewis

5minutes

July 30, 2019

Lessons Learned: How Connecticut Implemented an EPCS Requirement That Was Effective and Embraced by the Medical Community

By Rodrick J. Marriott, PharmD, Director, Drug Control Division, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection

6minutes

July 28, 2019

Balancing Innovation and Interoperability with Data Privacy and Security

By Kate Rusciano, Content Marketing Manager, Surescripts

8minutes

July 26, 2019

Here's What It Takes to Build the Nation's Most Trusted & Capable Health Information Network

By Mark Gingrich, Chief Information Officer

11minutes

July 25, 2019

How Aurora Health Care Used Electronic Prior Authorization To Cut Clinic Staff Overtime By More Than Half

By Luke Forster-Broten, Manager, Product Innovation

5minutes

July 24, 2019

With an Eye on Interoperability, Surescripts Provides Feedback on TEFCA 2.0

By Paul Uhrig

3minutes

July 22, 2019

The Onerous Specialty Prescribing Process Hurts Patients and Tires Doctors. What Can Be Done?

By Andrew Mellin

5minutes

July 11, 2019

The Secret is Out: Comprehensive Clinical History Improves Your Ability to Care for Every Patient, at Every Stage

By Katherine Thorp, Manager of Product Innovation

8minutes

July 08, 2019

Medication History Can Help Prescribers Put the Federal Opioid Prescribing Guideline into Practice

By Stacy Ward-Charlerie

7minutes

July 01, 2019

It’s Official: Half of All States Will Soon Require E-Prescribing to Combat the Opioid Epidemic

By Paul Uhrig

4minutes

June 19, 2019

Health Plans and PBMs Team Up to Get Patients Needed Medications Easier and Faster

By Ryan Hess

2minutes

June 07, 2019

Pharmacist Stacy Ward-Charlerie on the Opioid Crisis, the Philosophy of Steve Jobs and What Moves Her to Tears

By Melissa Nix

7minutes

June 05, 2019

Surescripts Supports the Federal Government in its Effort to Improve Healthcare by Breaking Down Barriers to Information and Technology

By Paul Uhrig

2minutes

May 31, 2019

Why It Matters: Prescribers Can Now Access Accurate Medication History Data for Virtually Every American

By Kate Rusciano

6minutes

May 31, 2019

Hurricane Season is Upon Us. Healthcare Tech Can Help Deliver Critical Care to Patients in Dire Need.

By Dave Marotz, Director, Product Innovation, Surescripts

3minutes

May 21, 2019

An Urgent Call for Transformation: Prescribers Need Better Information and a Streamlined Specialty Prescribing Process

By Kathy Lewis

4minutes

May 20, 2019

Two Billion E-Prescriptions, a Screaming Toddler and the 2019 White Coat Award

By Mike Lessard

3minutes

May 20, 2019

Federal Government Issues Final Rule: Part D Plans Must Adopt a Real Time Benefit Tool

By Mary Ann Chaffee

3minutes

May 17, 2019

Nationwide Interoperability at the Point of Care: True or False?

By Tara Dragert

5minutes

April 26, 2019

Driving Nationwide Interoperability, Curbing the Opioid Crisis and Addressing Prescription Costs

By Tom Skelton

6minutes

April 15, 2019

Older, Sicker Patients Will Benefit from Real-Time Benefit Tools, So Let’s Not Delay Using Them.

By Mary Ann Chaffee

2minutes

April 10, 2019

Patients Are Carting Paper Records in Three-Ring Binders to the Doctor. We’re Changing That.

By Melissa Nix

4minutes

March 25, 2019

HIMSS19 Showed Glimpses of a Bright Future, But Also Problem Solving in the Here and Now

By Melissa Nix

3minutes

March 15, 2019

HIMSS19 Highlights: Five Takeaways from Healthcare Leaders on Prescription Price Transparency

By Kate Rusciano

4minutes

February 27, 2019

Tara Dragert Talks Perspective, Feminism and Why We’re Never Going to be ‘Done’ with Healthcare Interoperability

By Melissa Nix

10minutes

February 25, 2019

Network Data Reveals How Health IT Recovers After the Storm

By Kate Rusciano

3minutes

February 19, 2019

Disrupting the Drug Cost Trajectory: Dr. Michelle Mello on Making Medications Affordable

By Melissa Nix

12minutes

February 13, 2019

Prescribers and Patients are Working Together to Save Time, Money and Hassle

By Tom Skelton

4minutes

February 11, 2019

Federal Government Issues New Rules to Improve Healthcare Information Exchange

By Paul Uhrig

4minutes

January 02, 2019

Laws Requiring the E-Prescribing of Opioids Have Gained Momentum, but Prescriber Adoption is Playing Catch Up

By Paul Uhrig

3minutes

December 26, 2018

Consumerism Will Spark Change Across the Industry: My Top Seven Health IT Predictions for 2019

By Tom Skelton

7minutes

December 19, 2018

Prescription Accuracy and Big Data Have the Power to Transform Patients’ Lives. Rachel Petersen Loves That

By Melissa Nix, Editorial Director

5minutes

December 18, 2018

Federal Government Takes Action to Spur Greater Use of Prescription Price Transparency Tools at the Point of Care

By Mary Ann Chafee, Vice President of Policy and Federal Affairs, Surescripts

3minutes

December 14, 2018

Mike Pritts Talks about Fostering Talent, Collaboration and Creativity

By Melissa Nix, Editorial Director, Surescripts

6minutes

December 03, 2018

How Prescribers are Saving Their Patients Thousands of Dollars on Drugs

By Ryan Hess

3minutes

November 14, 2018

Reinventing the Health IT Adoption Curve: Price Transparency at the Point of Care

By Jacqueline Hager, Product Manager, Surescripts

2minutes

October 29, 2018

Who Wins When Leaders Commit to Prescription Accuracy? Patients. That’s Something to Celebrate

By Mike Lessard

4minutes

October 24, 2018

Surescripts Applauds New Law to Drive Adoption of Technology to Combat the Opioid Epidemic

By Tom Skelton

4minutes

October 10, 2018

Groundbreaking Technology Brings Interoperability to Life—and is Gaining Momentum Nationwide

By Tara Dragert

3minutes

September 25, 2018

It’s Time to Put Away the Puzzle: Improving Patient Safety by Enhancing Medication Management Accuracy

By Yuze Yang, PharmD, Clinical Informatics Pharmacist, Surescripts

6minutes

September 17, 2018

Actionable Intelligence at the Point of Care can Help Prevent Physician Burnout

By Ryan Hess

9minutes

September 07, 2018

Surescripts Tackles Prescription Abandonment with Point-of-Care Information That Supports Patient-Provider Shared Decision Making

By Guest Contributor Nancy Fabozzi, Principal Analyst for Digital Health

6minutes

September 06, 2018

Surescripts Joins Leading Health Plans, Care Providers and Vendors to Accelerate Healthcare Interoperability with the Da Vinci Project

By Kelly Jeffers, Vice President, Marketing

3minutes

August 28, 2018

Five Questions: Mary Ann Chaffee on Price Transparency, Public Health and the Notorious R.B.G.

By Melissa Nix, Editorial Director, Marketing

7minutes

August 01, 2018

Patients, Pocketbooks and a Podcast on Prescription Price Transparency

By Melissa Nix, Editorial Director, Marketing

2minutes

July 25, 2018

Prescribers and Pharmacists are Adopting Tech for Prescription Accuracy

By Mike Lessard

6minutes

July 05, 2018

Key Technologies for Fighting Opioid Misuse are Gaining Traction

By Ken Whittemore Jr.

6minutes

July 02, 2018

Maine Required E-Prescribing for Opioids Last Year—and the Results Are In

By Ken Whittemore Jr.

4minutes

June 28, 2018

The Road to the New SCRIPT Standard: How the Surescripts Network Alliance Is Leading the Way

By Patrice Olson, Director, Product Innovation

5minutes

June 20, 2018

Surescripts Supports Healthcare Leadership Council’s “Roadmap for Action” to Address Opioid Crisis

By Tom Skelton

4minutes

May 07, 2018

Interoperability is Rapidly Advancing Across Healthcare

By Tom Skelton

2minutes

May 03, 2018

EPCS Legislation Shows Power and Promise

By Ken Whittemore Jr.

4minutes

May 01, 2018

Spotlight on Technologies to Help Address the Opioid Crisis

By Melanie Marcus, Chief Marketing Officer, Surescripts

3minutes

April 30, 2018

Physicians Point Out Needed Improvements to Interoperability and Patient Data Access Including Clinical History

By Tara Dragert

8minutes

April 23, 2018

Patients’ Out-of-Pocket Cost Should Weigh Into Prescribing Decisions

By Ryan Hess

5minutes

April 16, 2018

High Quality Medication Adherence Information is Important but Elusive

By Ryan Hess

3minutes

April 03, 2018

Surescripts to the Food and Drug Administration: Tap into Tech to Hinder Opioid Misuse and Diversion

By Mary Ann Chaffee, Vice President, Policy and Federal Affairs, Surescripts

5minutes

March 22, 2018

HIMSS18 Panel Gets Candid About Prescription Price Transparency

By Kelly Jeffers, Marketing, Surescripts

3minutes

March 22, 2018

Surescripts Responds to ONC’s TEFCA Draft

By Paul Uhrig

3minutes

March 14, 2018

Surescripts Commends Congressional Leadership as EPCS Act Gains Traction in Senate, Following House Bill

By Paul Uhrig

7minutes

February 28, 2018

It’s Time to Go for Gold in Prescription Accuracy

By Mike Lessard

4minutes

January 31, 2018

The CMS Proposed Update to NCPDP SCRIPT: Let’s Talk Timing and Consistency

By Ken Whittemore Jr.

3minutes

January 25, 2018

AMA Recognizes the Need for Providers to More Easily Cancel Prescriptions

By Paul Uhrig

4minutes

January 24, 2018

Surescripts Supports the AMA’s Work to Reduce Barriers to EPCS

By Paul Uhrig

3minutes

January 19, 2018

Surescripts Responds to ONC’s Release of the Draft Trusted Exchange Framework

By Tom Skelton

4minutes

January 19, 2018

Improving Patient Directions by Optimizing E-Prescribing

By Yuze Yang, PharmD, Pharmacist Data Manager, Surescripts

9minutes

January 18, 2018

Seeing Our Healthcare Investments Pay Off in 2018 and Beyond

By Kate Rusciano, Content Marketing Manager, Surescripts

2minutes

January 11, 2018

Defining the Perfect Prescription and Achieving it in Four Steps

By Mike Lessard

2minutes

December 18, 2017

21st Century Cures Act: One Year Later

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative, Legal and Privacy Officer, Surescripts

1minute

December 12, 2017

Technology’s Essential Role in Combatting Opioid Addiction

By Mary Ann Chaffee, Vice President, Policy and Federal Affairs, Surescripts

6minutes

October 26, 2017

Surescripts Responds to Public Health Emergency Declaration for Opioid Epidemic

By Tom Skelton, Chief Executive Officer, Surescripts

2minutes

October 18, 2017

Looking at Patient Safety Enhancements for National Healthcare Quality Week

By Mike Lessard, Director of Critical Performance Improvements, Surescripts

3minutes

October 10, 2017

CancelRx and the Medication Management Puzzle: A Pharmacist’s Perspective

By Stacy Ward-Charlerie, PharmD, Pharmacist Data Manager, Surescripts

7minutes

October 06, 2017

Rising to the Challenge of Turning Data into Actionable Patient Intelligence

By Tom Skelton, Chief Executive Officer, Surescripts

5minutes

September 08, 2017

Better Actionable Intelligence Means Better Healthcare for All

By Max Sow, VP of Business Intelligence, Surescripts

4minutes

September 07, 2017

Carequality: Improving patient care coordination by advancing interoperability

By Tara Dragert, Director of Product Innovation, Surescripts

9minutes

September 06, 2017

When It Comes to E-Prescribing, Everyone Wins

By Kelly Jeffers, VP, Corporate Communications, Surescripts

1minute

August 17, 2017

NACDS Total Store Expo: Pharmacies are increasingly playing a critical role in driving interoperability in healthcare

By Mary Martin, RN, VP, Strategic Alliances, Surescripts

3minutes

August 15, 2017

Federal Government Responds to Opioid Epidemic

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative, Legal & Privacy Officer, Surescripts

4minutes

August 11, 2017

Building on Direct: Improving interoperability and patient data exchange

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative, Legal and Privacy Officer, and Tara Dragert, Director of Product Innovation, Surescripts

8minutes

July 31, 2017

St. Louis-based Health System Embraces Technology to Strengthen Care Coordination

By Kelly Bundy, Senior Product Analyst, Surescripts

4minutes

July 14, 2017

The Road to Perfecting E-Prescriptions

By Mike Lessard, Product Innovation, Surescripts

3minutes

July 11, 2017

Why Pharmacist-Physician Collaborations Are Key to Quality Care: A Q&A with Shelly Spiro

By Kelly Jeffers, Marketing, Surescripts

4minutes

June 20, 2017

2016 National Progress Report Points to New Tools to Combat Opioid Abuse

By Stacy Ward-Charlerie, Manager, Pharmacy Data, Critical Performance Improvement, Surescripts

4minutes

June 16, 2017

New York Leading the Charge to Prevent Opioid Prescription Fraud and Abuse

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative, Legal and Privacy Officer, Surescripts

5minutes

June 02, 2017

Maine Next in Line to Battle Opioid Abuse with EPCS

By Ken Whittemore, Vice President of Professional and Regulatory Affairs, Surescripts

3minutes

May 12, 2017

Healthcare is No Longer Local: Explore the Cost of Disparate Health Data

By Prathib Skandakumaran and Armando Rivera, Surescripts

3minutes

April 21, 2017

Industry Collaboration Is the Key to Improving Patient Safety

By Mike Lessard, Director, Product Innovation, Surescripts

5minutes

April 19, 2017

Surescripts Sentinel™ Takes E-Prescribing to a Whole New Level

By Mike Lessard, Director, Product Innovation, Surescripts

3minutes

April 10, 2017

States Push to Combat Opioid Abuse With E-prescribing Technology

By Ken Whittemore, R.Ph., MBA, VP, Professional & Regulatory Affairs, Surescripts

5minutes

April 05, 2017

Beyond 10.6: Industry Leaders Collaborate to Prepare for the New SCRIPT Standard

By Patricia Krause, Product Manager, Surescripts

3minutes

March 27, 2017

One Doctor’s Rallying Cry: We Need to Adopt E-prescribing to Combat Opioid Abuse

By Kelly Jeffers, VP, Corporate Communications, Surescripts

5minutes

March 16, 2017

Improving Patient Safety with the Click of a Button

By Chris Diblasi, Director, Product Innovation, Surescripts

3minutes

March 15, 2017

Surescripts National Record Locator Service Helps Fight Opioid Abuse

By Kelly Bundy, Senior Product Analyst, Product Innovation, Surescripts

3minutes

March 14, 2017

Using Actionable Intelligence to Improve Patient Safety

By Mary Martin, RN, VP, Strategic Alliances, Surescripts

5minutes

February 15, 2017

HIMSS17: Using Actionable Intelligence to Improve Patient Safety

By Mary Martin, RN, VP of Strategic Alliances, Surescripts

4minutes

February 14, 2017

Electronic Prior Authorization Delivers the “Holy Grail” of Healthcare: Increased Patient Safety, Lower Costs and Higher Quality

By Luke Forster-Broten, CompletEPA Product Manager, Surescripts

5minutes

February 08, 2017

HIMSS17: Combating the Opioid Epidemic

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative, Legal & Privacy Officer, Surescripts

3minutes

February 06, 2017

Linda Stotsky: A Lack of Electronic Data Exchange Capabilities Makes Caregiving “Dizzying”

By Sandra Rodriguez, Senior PR Manager, Surescripts

7minutes

January 04, 2017

21st Century Cures Act: What Providers and Electronic Health Record Vendors Need to Know

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative, Legal & Privacy Officer, Surescripts

5minutes

December 13, 2016

Why Isn’t the Healthcare Consumer Experience as Easy as Online Banking?

By Tom Skelton, Chief Executive Officer, Surescripts

5minutes

December 05, 2016

How Medication History is Creating Value and Improving Care at Health Systems Nationwide

By Nicole Contardo, Director of Marketing, Surescripts

4minutes

October 28, 2016

Cross-Industry Collaboration Aims to Improve Data Quality

By Mike Lessard, Director of Critical Performance Improvements, Surescripts

3minutes

October 27, 2016

Interoperability in Action: ONC Visits St. Louis

By Tara Dragert, Director, Product Innovation, Surescripts

4minutes

October 12, 2016

A Better Partner for Community Pharmacists

By Sandra Rodriguez, Senior PR Manager, Surescripts

2minutes

October 10, 2016

The Rise of Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances: How Does Your State Rank?

By Ken Whittemore, R.Ph., MBA, Senior VP, Professional & Regulatory Affairs, Surescripts

5minutes

September 21, 2016

Live Video Chat: Digital Health Experts on the State of Health IT and the Business of Interoperability

By Mary Martin, Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Surescripts

3minutes

August 26, 2016

Using Technology to Fight Opioid Fraud & Abuse—A Big Step in the Right Direction

By Paul Uhrig, EVP, Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, Surescripts

5minutes

August 22, 2016

Driving the Digital Shift in Healthcare

By Sandra L. Rodriguez, Senior PR Manager, Surescripts

2minutes

August 17, 2016

Monumental Network Growth Means Good Things for Healthcare

By Kelly Jeffers, VP, Corporate Communications, Surescripts

4minutes

July 13, 2016

Alert: New E-Prescription Quality Guidelines

By Ajit Dhavle, Pharm.D, MBA, Vice President, Clinical Quality, Surescripts

2minutes

May 31, 2016

Surescripts at the ONC Annual Meeting: Combatting the Opioid Abuse with Health IT

By Jaime Smith, Statistician, Surescripts

3minutes

May 26, 2016

When Investing in Interoperability, Health Systems Need Connectivity ROI

By Tara Dragert, Director, Product Innovation, Surescripts

5minutes

May 13, 2016

Opioid Epidemic Goes Mainstream: Get the Facts on E-Prescribing & EPCS

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, Surescripts

8minutes

May 12, 2016

Combating Medical Errors with Interoperability

By Ethan Hall, Manager, Product Innovation, Surescripts

4minutes

May 05, 2016

JAMA Internal Medicine Study Provides Wake-Up Call: Improving e-Prescription Safety and Standards Adoption

By Ajit Dhavle, Pharm.D, MBA, Vice President, Clinical Quality, Surescripts

4minutes

April 22, 2016

Will Collaboration Bring Healthcare Interoperability to Life? HIMSS’16 Panelists Weigh-In

By Sandra Rodriguez, Senior PR Manager, Surescripts

7minutes

March 28, 2016

I-STOP Legislation Takes Effect in New York, Spurs Provider eRx and EPCS Adoption

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, Surescripts

4minutes

March 25, 2016

Studies Highlight Threats and Opportunities of E-Prescribing Drug Codification

By Sandra Rodriguez, Senior PR Manager, Surescripts

7minutes

February 29, 2016

Surescripts Continues to Advance and Support Health Care Interoperability

By Paul Uhrig, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative, Legal & Privacy Officer, Surescripts

5minutes

February 23, 2016

HIMSS16: What is the Ideal State of Interoperability?

By Sandra Rodriguez, Senior PR Manager, Surescripts

7minutes

February 19, 2016

Locate Patient Records, Improve Quality: First Adopters Discuss the National Record Locator Service at HIMSS16

By Matt Koehler, VP of Product Innovation, Surescripts

2minutes

February 18, 2016

Building on Existing Collaboration for True Interoperability

By Q&A with Dave Cassel, Director of Carequality

8minutes

February 03, 2016

On the Road to Interoperability, Industry Collaboration Drivers Wanted

By Tom Skelton, Chief Executive Officer, Surescripts

8minutes

February 01, 2016

New York Takes the Lead in EPCS

By Kate Rusciano, Marketing Copywriter, Surescripts

3minutes

October 19, 2015

ONC’s Interoperability Roadmap: Keeping the Focus Where It Counts

By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative, Legal, and Privacy Officer, Surescripts

4minutes

October 05, 2015

10 Years of Interoperability in Action: A Historical Look at E-Prescribing

By Tom Skelton, CEO, Surescripts

4minutes

August 28, 2015

With EPCS Legal Nationwide, There is Still Work to Do

By Ken Whittemore, SVP, Professional & Regulatory Affairs, Surescripts

3minutes

July 08, 2015

FHIR: A SMART Solution for Interoperability?

By Mike Pritts, EVP of Product Innovation, Surescripts

3minutes

March 05, 2015

The Time for EPCS is Here!

By George Cuthbert, VP, MEDENT

3minutes

January 12, 2015

Overcoming e-Prescribing Quality Issues

By Lisa Schwartz, NCPA, Senior Director, Management Affairs

5minutes

November 20, 2014

Achieving Interoperability in Rural Communities

By Q&A with Inofile’s Co-founder Therasa Bell

6minutes

July 07, 2014

Improving Formulary Compliance through E-Prescribing

By Ken Majkowski, Pharm D, Vice President, Sales Support, Surescripts

3minutes

May 06, 2014

Setting the Standard for E-Prescribing Quality

By Ajit Dhavle, Director, Quality Management, Surescripts

4minutes

March 28, 2014

Challenges and Opportunities of Interoperability

By Kathy Lewis, VP of Advanced Services, Clinical Network Services, Surescripts

5minutes