The Surescripts Network Alliance™ is making progress toward perfecting e-prescribing through its Critical Performance Improvement (CPI) program, eliminating 50 million potential instances each month where a pharmacist has to leave their workflow to clarify prescriber intent. In 2017, Surescripts measured a 26 percent improvement in prescription accuracy by optimizing the e-prescribing process across five key elements: Drug Description, Representative National Drug Code (NDC), RxNorm, Structured and Codified Sig and Potency Unit Code. Having automated nearly three-quarters of U.S. prescriptions, the nationwide network’s focus has evolved from connectivity and data sharing to ensuring that the data being sent and received is accurate, relevant and timely. ... |