ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#HealthIT–Surescripts®, the nation’s leading health information network, awarded the 2023 Surescripts White Coat Award™ to 11 healthcare industry leaders, recognizing their commitment to performance, innovation and accuracy.
The 2023 Surescripts White Coat Award winners achieved excellence across three categories, including Highest Performance, Innovation and RxChange Champion. This year’s winners include the following leaders from across healthcare:
“With more than 2.34 billion e-prescriptions filled in 2022, it is essential that we work together across the Surescripts Network Alliance to achieve the highest standards for prescription accuracy and patient safety,” said Frank Harvey, Chief Executive Officer for Surescripts. “The 2023 White Coat Award winners are moving prescription accuracy and performance forward by working tirelessly to protect patient safety, accelerate time to therapy by eliminating confusion and rework, and helping ensure patients get the best possible care.”
“athenahealth is dedicated to curing complexity and simplifying the practice of care across the healthcare system,” said Dr. Nele Jessel, MD., Chief Medical Officer of athenahealth. “Enabling prescription accuracy, smoothing workflows, and eliminating confusion all enables better patient outcomes, allowing providers and pharmacists to focus on delivering the best possible care. It’s an honor to be recognized by Surescripts as a leader in the category with the 2023 White Coat Award.”
“It is an honor for CenterWell Pharmacy to again receive this award that showcases our strong commitment to innovation, which drives both quality of care and safety through prescription accuracy,” said Michelle Hartman, Associate Vice President of CenterWell Pharmacy. “We take pride in providing a fast and reliable way for our customers to manage and receive their prescriptions whenever and wherever they want.”
“We are honored to be the recipient of the first ever Surescripts White Coat Award for Innovation,” said Tom Langan, President and Chief Commercial Officer of Veradigm. “This year we celebrate 25 years of electronic prescribing solutions, and we remain committed to continuing to invest in innovation to improve the e-prescribing experience for over 100,000 active prescribers using our solutions.”
The 2023 Surescripts White Coat Award recognizes health systems, pharmacies, pharmacy technology vendors and electronic health records (EHR) vendors that help deliver clear and accurate electronic prescriptions, eliminate confusion and time-consuming phone calls and faxes, and give patients better access to the medications they need. This year’s winners were recognized for excellence in three categories:
In 2022, more than 58% of prescribers using E-Prescribing and 75% of pharmacies were enabled for the RxChange transaction, driving a nearly 33% increase in RxChange transaction volume over 2021.
About Surescripts
Our purpose is to serve the nation through simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing, in order to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care. At Surescripts, we align healthcare organizations across the nation and convene the Surescripts Network Alliance® to give healthcare professionals the trusted insights they need to serve patients. Together, we’re making interoperability an everyday reality, making it simpler to choose medications patients can afford and adhere to, and getting specialty medications to patients more efficiently. Visit us at surescripts.com and follow us at twitter.com/surescripts.
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Kate Giaquinto
Surescripts
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