SureScripts does not develop, sell or endorse specific electronic prescribing software. Instead, SureScripts works with software companies that supply electronic health record (EHR) and electronic prescribing applications to physician practices and pharmacy technology vendors to connect their solutions to the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange, operated – more... by SureScripts.
Technology vendors cannot connect to the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange, operated by SureScripts until they complete a comprehensive certification process. As part of its certification process, SureScripts establishes ground rules that safeguard the fairness of the prescribing process, including rules that among other things, ensures patient choice of pharmacy and physician choice of therapy.
On a technical level, the certification process specifies the standard technical format for transmitting prescription information and tests each vendor's electronic connections to the network.
The certification rules also ensures that prescribing decisions are based on best medical practices, not solely on financial considerations or the interests of one particular entity. For instance, by prohibiting commercial messaging, as the new Medicare legislation does as well, to physicians at the point of prescribing, SureScripts is helping to safeguard the fairness of the process.
Today, the following physician technology companies have been designated as SureScripts Certified Solution ProvidersÔ: A4 Health Systems, Allscripts, ASP.MD, Athena Health, Axolotl, Bond Technologies, Cerner, ChartConnect Inc., DAW Systems, DrFirst, Doc-U-Chart, eHealth Solutions Inc., eClinicalWorks, e-MDs, Epic, Gold Standard, InstantDx, Health Systems Research, Lighthouse Medical Management, McKesson, MD Web Solutions, Medical Communication Systems, MEDENT, MedicWare, MedNet System, Medplexus, MedPlus, MOST LLC, NaviMedix, Netsmart-InfoScriber, NewCrop, NextGen, OA Systems, Polaris Management Inc., Practice Partner, RxNT, SmartEMR/VIPA Health, Synamed, Wellogic and Zix. The University of North Carolina, Cleveland Clinic, HealthOne Care System/Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, and Regenstrief have also completed SureScripts certification.
Additional physician technology vendors have committed to connect to the network and are in the various stages of the SureScripts testing and certification process and once they complete certification, these vendors will be permitted to connect their physician customers to the growing Pharmacy Health Information Exchange, operated by SureScripts.
In addition to certifying the proprietary software of some of the nation's largest chain pharmacies, the following pharmacy management vendors have completed the certification process to conduct electronic prescribing transactions over the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange, operated by SureScripts: Best Computer Systems (BCS), Carepoint-Guardian, Computer-Rx, Datascan, eRx/PDX, Etreby Computer Company, Foundation Systems Inc. (FSI), Health Business Systems (HBS), HealthCare Computer Corporation (HCC), McKesson Corporation, Micro Merchant Systems, Pacific Pharmacy Computers (PPC), Per-Se Technologies, OPUS-ISM, QS/1 Data Systems, THOT Corp, and Transaction Data Systems (TDS). Over twenty-five additional pharmacy technology vendors have committed to connect to the network and are in the various stages of the process. – less – More from ZoomInfo »
