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Innovaccer, Surescripts Integrate to Leverage Medication Data for Patients

by Fred Pennic 11/10/2020 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer, Surescripts Integrate to Leverage Medication Data for Patients

What You Should Know: - Innovaccer partners with Surescripts to power its data activation platform with the most comprehensive medication data. - The partnership will enable the company to conduct smart medication reconciliation and ensure that patients are complying with their care protocols. Innovaccer, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology company, announced its partnership with Surescripts, the nation’s leading health information network, to leverage the
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Open APIs in Healthcare: The Future of Data Integration Report

by Fred Pennic 07/28/2020 Leave a Comment

Open APIs in Healthcare: The Future of Data Integration Report

What You Should Know: - The latest Chilmark Research report examines how data-oriented APIs are contributing to development and integration efforts across healthcare from the perspective of the developer. - Reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and seeking more effective ways to implement new functionality, healthcare enterprises of all kinds are looking to alternatives for prevailing development and integration practices. Unlocking value from the data scattered across
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Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery NowRx Raises $20M to Expand into Additional Territories

by Fred Pennic 07/16/2020 Leave a Comment

Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery NowRx Raises $20M to Expand into Additional Territories

What You Should Know: - Same day pharmacy delivery startup NowRx raises $20 Million in Series B funding to expand into new U.S. territories and accelerate its technology roadmap, transforming the way consumers get their prescriptions.  - NowRx’s competitive advantage is its proprietary pharmacy management system, which leverages AI and robotics to fill and deliver prescriptions in record time, including interfacing with insurance, checking for drug
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The Technological Ironies of the Current State of Value-Based Care

by Kevin Hutchinson, CEO, Apervita 04/21/2020 Leave a Comment

The Technological Ironies of the Current State of Value-Based Care

Even though many think of 2008 as the first time CMS began emphasizing quality over quantity via the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA), the truth is that we’ve been on a 30-plus-year journey to get to this point. It really started when managed care became a hot trend, but eventually, the friction between payers and providers was too high and patients were caught in the middle. Then came accountable care, which while still important today, ultimately isn’t creating
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Can EHRs Stand Up Marketplaces for Innovation?

by Seth Joseph, Managing Director at Summit Health 02/26/2020 Leave a Comment

Can EHRs Stand Up Marketplaces for Innovation?

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) continues to advocate for improved data exchange, with the interoperability and information blocking rules being the latest federal push.  One of the ONC’s goals with its latest guidance is to establish an ecosystem of innovation, with electronic health records (EHRs) serving as the foundation -- i.e., the platform enabling application development and user access.  But when it comes developing an EHR-based marketplace for
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Fueling EHR Innovation by Outsourcing e-Prescribing Development

by G. Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst 11/05/2019 Leave a Comment

Fueling EHR Innovation by Outsourcing e-Prescribing Development

Health IT software – and EHRs in particular – are widely criticized for their inefficient workflows and unfriendly user interfaces. Unhappy end-users may blame EHR vendors for failing to deliver great software, perhaps not realizing that health IT companies struggle to balance limited financial and human resources and must choose between meeting ever-changing regulatory demands and creating innovative updates that improve the user experience.  Consider this: every year, vendors must make dozens
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Report: E-Prescription Accuracy Has Increased by 64% Since 2016

by Fred Pennic 08/22/2019 Leave a Comment

Report: E-Prescription Accuracy Has Increased by 64% Since 2016

As an industry, moving to electronic prescribing has changed the way clinicians, pharmacists and patients communicate about drug therapies. New data released today from Surescripts reports that e-prescription accuracy has increased by 64% since 2016. Thanks to this improvement, the handwritten doctor’s note that was often illegible or lost in transit is now a secure, digital transaction.Despite Growth, Challenges RemainsE-prescribing changed the way patients, prescribers and pharmacists
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DrFirst Integrates with Epic’s Real Time Prescription Benefits Prescribing Workflow

by Fred Pennic 08/01/2019 Leave a Comment

Taking New Medications: Consumers Blame Anxiety on Lack of Time with Physicians

DrFirst, a provider of e-prescribing, price transparency, and medication management solutions announced today that it has entered into an integration agreement with leading EHR provider Epic to make DrFirst’s myBenefitCheck (real-time benefit check) service available to clients in Epic’s RTPB (Real-Time Prescription Benefits) prescribing workflow to help doctors and patients understand the cost of the drugs and drive medication adherence.How myBenefitCheck WorksVia myBenefitCheck, prescribers
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Surescripts Inks Partnerships with National Health Plans to Streamline Prior Authorization

by Fred Pennic 06/21/2019 Leave a Comment

Surescripts Inks Partnerships with National Health Plans to Streamline Prior Authorization

Surescripts announced that several national, regional and local PBMs and health plans representing virtually all U.S. patients are replacing their manual prior authorization process with Surescripts Electronic Prior Authorization solution. Over the past 18 months, several national, regional and local PBMs and health plans representing virtually all U.S. patients have signed on, increasing the number of insured lives covered by Surescripts Electronic Prior Authorization by nearly 20%.Impact of
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Physician Survey Reveals Lack of Patient History Data Impedes Care Coordination

by Fred Pennic 04/12/2018 Leave a Comment

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Majority of physicians cannot electronically access information about other care their patients, according to the new Surescripts report Physician Perspectives on Access to Patient Data. The 15-minute web-based survey was administered by ORC International to 300 qualifying primary care physicians between October 5 and October 17, 2017. To qualify for the survey, physicians had to have been in practice for at least five years, spend at least 50 percent of their time providing direct patient care
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