Surescripts Recognizes 51 Software Vendors and Health Systems for E-Prescribing Quality

2013 White Coat of Quality Award Recognizes Industry Leading Performance Standards for Clinical Quality and Best Practices in E-Prescribing

ARLINGTON, Va. – May 7, 2014 – Surescripts, the nation's largest health information network, has named 51 software vendors and health systems as recipients of the 2013 White Coat of Quality Award.  The White Coat of Quality Award was established in 2010 as part of Surescripts’ Quality Management Program and includes the following key requirements:

• Senior leadership commitment to a goal of zero electronic prescription content errors;
• Measurement and reporting of e-prescription content error levels;
• Implementation of software updates to reduce e-prescription content error levels; and
• Communication and training for end-users on how to better utilize their e-prescribing system to reduce errors.

"Surescripts is proud that our collaborative efforts with software technology providers and health systems are producing continuous quality improvements in e-prescribing using industry proven best practices,” said Ajit Dhavle, Pharm.D, MBA, Director, Quality Management, Surescripts.  “Continuous quality improvement in e-prescribing benefits all stakeholders by improving patient safety, lowering costs and increasing productivity."

Every day, millions of e-prescriptions are transmitted over the Surescripts network with a goal of 100 percent reliability—from the time a prescription is prepared to the time the medication is dispensed.  Surescripts’ Quality Management Program is designed to help software vendors and their end users make continuous quality improvements to help enhance application functionality, improve e-prescribing workflows and ensure sustained end user training.  The annual White Coat of Quality Award provides a systematic approach to e-prescription quality.  Organizations that follow the program’s rigorous guidelines can mitigate inaccurate, incomplete, or inconsistent e-prescriptions, issues that can result in unintended consequences and costly workflow interruptions to prescribers and pharmacists.

The recipients of Surescripts’ 2013 White Coat of Quality Award include:

Baptist Health - Arkansas**
CoCentrix*
Connexin Software*
Custom Computing Corporation*
Darena Solutions*
DAW Systems – ScriptSure
DigiDMS
DrFirst Rcopia*
E*HealthLine
e-MDs
East Ridges Medical Software*
Echo Group*
Elliot Health System**
EnSoftek*
Exemplo Medical*
First Insight*
GeniusDoc
gMed*
Health Information Management Systems
Henry Schein MicroMD
Indian Health Service 
Integrity Digital Solutions*
iPatientCare
JAG Products*
Keiser Computers*
Lee Memorial Health System**
M/D Systems*
MDFlow*
MDLand
MDToolbox
Medfx*
Medical Messenger*
Medicat*
Meditab Software, Inc.
MediTouch EHR
Mercy Oklahoma City**
Mercy Springfield**
Mercy St. Louis**
NextGen Healthcare
OmniMD
Pulse Systems
RemedyEHR*
STI Computer Services
Tranquilmoney*
University Health System**
University of Mississippi Medical Center**
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vision Works*
WRS Health
WEBeDoctor
Xpress Technologies*

*DrFirst Rcopia affiliated
** Epic affiliated