An Urgent Call for Transformation: Prescribers Need Better Information and a Streamlined Specialty Prescribing Process
Most likely, you or someone you love has been impacted by a complex or chronic illness like cancer or multiple sclerosis. Sadly, these diseases—and the cost…
Federal Government Issues Final Rule: Part D Plans Must Adopt a Real Time Benefit Tool
On May 16, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule: Medicare Advantage and Part D Drug Pricing Final Rule (CMS-4180-F). We’…
Two Billion E-Prescriptions, a Screaming Toddler and the 2019 White Coat Award
As my colleague Rachel Petersen explains it, prescription accuracy, in essence, is simple to grasp. It means that “when you get to the pharmacy with your two…
Surescripts Expands White Coat Award To Recognize Health System, Pharmacy And EHR Leaders For Improving Prescription Accuracy
Expanded award eligibility and updated criteria elevate industry leaders who make meaningful changes to enhance patient safety and healthcare delivery …
Nationwide Interoperability at the Point of Care: True or False?
Imagine that the treatment you received in a Boston ER for a concussion—the one you sustained while playing pickup basketball—could be visible to the urgent…
Driving Nationwide Interoperability, Curbing the Opioid Crisis and Addressing Prescription Costs
According to our National Progress Report, we processed 17.7 billion secure health data transactions last year—a 29% increase over 2017. We also added 8…
Interoperability Delivers Meaningful Improvements In Healthcare Cost and Quality At Scale
New Report Shows that Significant Expansion Across the Surescripts Network Alliance®, Rapid Provider Adoption of New Technologies and Continued Innovation are…
2018 Impact Report: Clinical Interoperability
This report collects a year of data and on-the-ground reports from the Surescripts Network Alliance™ to illuminate the possibilities for nationwide…
Older, Sicker Patients Will Benefit from Real-Time Benefit Tools, So Let’s Not Delay Using Them.
Healthcare costs are increasingly prohibitive for too many Americans, and these costs can hit older Americans especially hard. That’s why we applaud the…