DALLAS, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- RxHub(R), the leader in connecting the prescribing industry for the exchange of patient-specific prescribing information between physicians, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and pharmacies; is working with industry leaders in advancing electronic prescribing across the country. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that use of eprescribing technology could eliminate as many as 2 million adverse drug events and save tens of thousands of lives each year. Barriers are being removed as collaboration continues to drive acceleration in health information technology adoption.
RxHub is proud to be part of this national solution working with the industry's leaders in providing technology solutions to physicians that impact health care quality and cost. Allscripts, DrFirst, Inc., HealthRamp, Healthvision, Inc., InstantDx, McKesson, MedPlus, a Quest Diagnostics Company, New Crop, LLC, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., Phytel, Inc., RelayHealth Corporation, RxNT and Zix Corporation are the first to participate in the RxHub Performance Partner for ePrescribing Program.
As a performance partner there is a commitment to demonstrating clinical, operational and financial results that improve patient safety, increase workflow efficiency and reduce costs. RxHub, through alliances with the largest PBMs that serve over 100 of the nations' leading health plans and insurers, can provide physicians easy, real-time access through their technology vendor of choice, pharmacy benefit and medication history at the point of care. The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) and RxHub continue to partner in providing a single source for formulary data covering a majority of commercially insured Americans.
"We are clearly seeing the immediate impact of these industry leader's efforts to drive physician adoption as RxHub is generating over 1 million transactions per month, indicating substantial industry experience and support," said David McLean, CEO of RxHub. "Clinicians and patients can make the best decisions when they have the right information at the right time. These performance partners are making that possible today. In the past decade, the risk of harm caused by medical care has received increasing investigation. As we enter the decade of health information technology driving better health outcomes we can make an immediate demonstrable impact by partnering and collaborating to achieve a culture of safety."
About RxHub LLC
RxHub LLC is the company that electronically routes up-to-date patient medication history and pharmacy benefit information to physicians in their offices. The delivery service RxHub provides is designed to enable access to patient medication history and benefit information so that physicians can make better informed decisions at every point of care. RxHub's ultimate goal is to help reduce the risk and occurrence of medication errors and adverse drug events, and to lower the number of deaths, injuries and disabilities that result annually. RxHub was founded in 2001 by the then three largest PBMs- Advance PCS (acquired by Caremark Rx), Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions. RxHub is headquartered in St. Paul, MN. For more information, please visit http://www.rxhub.net/ .
Source: RxHub LLC
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