tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post5193743794115685964..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Surescripts Clinical Data ExchangeJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-70459510574720674252012-03-13T16:14:24.545-07:002012-03-13T16:14:24.545-07:00Hi John,
Since you mention Surescripts, I feel com...Hi John,<br />Since you mention Surescripts, I feel compelled to post. While I applaud any efforts that Surescripts might make to improve patient care, your post is coincident with an email discussion I resumed with my EHR vendor yesterday regarding a deficiency in Surescripts' methods. I'm told that the ability of a prescriber to transmit a message to a pharmacy about changes to instructions or medication regimens is still not on their roadmap. This is an enormous patient safety as well as cost of care issue; I have been hearing of medication errors from my colleagues for almost three years, since we went live with eRx. Instead, I understand that Surescripts has chosen to prioritize the development of narcotic eRxing. If Surescripts is truly seeking to improve the flow of information, they ought to revisit the need for secure, closed loop prescriber-pharmacist communication.Neil Kudlernoreply@blogger.com