JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 10 FL-Blue-Crss-of-FLA
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The ePrescribe Florida
Collaborative released its inaugural list of registered vendor solutions today
that will be featured on the organization's website and in outreach efforts to
providers seeking e-prescribing solutions. Each registered vendor completed a
detailed program of review and validation of its eprescribing solution's
functionality against a set of electronic prescribing and patient safety
criteria. These include alerting prescribers to potential drug-to-drug and
drug-to-allergy interactions during the prescribing process. Each vendor has
also satisfied the Medicare Part D ePrescribing standards for presenting
patient formulary, benefit and medication history information, and
electronically transmitting new prescriptions and refills.
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"Our goal is to give prescribers the information and independent review
they need to help implement successful e-prescribing solutions," says Walt
Culbertson, Executive Director of ePrescribe Florida. "Vendor community
participation in our program is critical in our mission of increasing the
adoption of electronic prescribing by physicians and clinicians."
The registered list of vendors and corresponding products includes:
DrFirst - Rcopia
H2H Solutions, Inc. - Digital Rx
Informed Decisions, LLC, a Gold Standard Company - eMPOWERx
InstantDx - OnCallData
iScribe - a service of CVS Caremark
MedPlus, a Quest Diagnostics Company - Care360 Physician Portal
MDI Achieve - Matrix eScribing
Misys Healthcare Systems - eScript, Misys EMR
NextGen Healthcare - NextGen EMR
RelayHealth - eScript
RxNT - EMR LITE, RxNT
SSIMED - EMRge
Zix Corporation - PocketScript
"The vendor community has enthusiastically supported this initiative and
worked very hard to complete the registration process," notes Beth Bridges,
Chair of the ePrescribe Florida vendor solutions workgroup. "While we stop
short of calling our process a certification program, we have collected a lot
of valuable information about solutions and options that will benefit
prescribers."
Shawn Barger, Director of Pharmacy for AvMed and Vice-Chair of the vendor
solutions workgroup added, "While we completed our first round of
registrations, we have learned a great deal that will strengthen the process
and help us establish more vendor relationships. Not every solution is right
for every doctor. Our vendor agnostic approach of providing information and
choice will create successful opportunities for all."
"This is another clear example of everybody winning," emphasizes Catherine
Peper, Vice President of Health Information Technology at Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of Florida and Chair of ePrescribe Florida. "Providers want vendor
choice. That's why it has been so important to build relationships and learn
from those who provide the technology."
To view more information about each registered solution and the criteria
used in the registration process, or to request an application to register a
solution, visit the ePrescribe Florida website at
http://www.ePrescribeFlorida.com.
About ePrescribe Florida:
ePrescribe Florida a collaborative of Florida's prescribing stakeholders
including the state's leading health plans, physician and provider
associations, pharmacy retail chains and associations, health care quality
improvement organizations, health information exchanges, application vendors,
the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), and other key industry and
government stakeholders.
SOURCE Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
