ePrescribing

Surescripts ePrescribing Health IT Boosts Drug Price Transparency

by Hannah Nelson

Over 500,000 prescribers leverage Surescripts health IT for prescription drug price transparency within their ePrescribing workflows. The Real-Time Prescription Benefit tool gives providers access to...

EHR Vendors Epic, athenahealth, Earn Surescripts ePrescribing Award

by Hannah Nelson

Health IT vendor Surescripts has announced the 2021 winners of its White Coat Award for ePrescription accuracy, including EHR vendors athenahealth and Epic systems. The award celebrates healthcare...

4 Use Cases for Direct Secure Messaging, Data Exchange in Healthcare

by Hannah Nelson

As the digital health transformation continues, direct secure messaging has proven to be a valuable tool to support various data exchange efforts. Non-profit trade alliance DirectTrust developed the...

How ePrescribing Interoperability Solutions Mitigate Clinician Burden

by Hannah Nelson

Andrew Mellin, MD, MBA, a VP and chief medical information officer at Surescripts, wants healthcare to get rid of its fax machines. The archaic technology, which he called a universal inbox, should...

The Interoperability Infrastructure Passed the COVID-19 Test

by Christopher Jason

When a healthcare crisis hits, scientists try to figure out the what, why, and who of the crisis, and during COVID-19, that search coincided with significant disruption, according to Tom Skelton, chief...

COVID-19 Triggers Increase in ePrescribing, Interoperability Tools

by Christopher Jason

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers increased interoperability tool adoption to boost healthcare management, price transparency, and specialty medications, according to a Surescripts...

How to Determine Effective CDS Tools for High-Risk Prescriptions

by Christopher Jason

Clinical decision support (CDS) tools in EHRs have the potential to reduce high-risk prescribing for older adults, yet the results have not lived up to that potential, according to a study published in...

Increased ePrescribing Interoperability is Needed for Patient Safety

by Christopher Jason

Increased ePrescribing interoperability between prescribers and pharmacies is crucial to decreased prescription drug errors and increased patient safety, according to a study published in the Journal...

DE Starts Prescription Drug Monitoring Program EHR Integration

by Christopher Jason

The Delaware Division of Professional Regulation announced a statewide EHR integration of its prescription drug monitoring program. Delaware will utilize Appriss Health’s PMP Gateway solution...

COVID-19 Triggers ePrescribing, Direct Messaging Increase

by Christopher Jason

Throughout the spread of COVID-19, healthcare providers have increased their use of ePrescribing, direct messaging, and prescription price transparency tools to streamline patient care and boost...