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Medication Reconciliation Solution from RelayHealth Helps to Address Patient Safety in Emergency Rooms Across the Nation
IntegrateRx™ - Medication History offers patient’s prescription history to help hospital efficiency and prevent harmful drug interaction
Atlanta, GA, Aug 13, 2007 — RelayHealth, the leader in connective healthcare solutions, today announced an electronic medication reconciliation solution designed to increase efficiency and eliminate blind encounters in hospital emergency rooms. Designed to create a HIPAA-compliant, nationwide patient safety initiative, IntegrateRx™ - Medication History provides healthcare organizations with a record of a patient's medications based on information extracted from insurance claims and/or prescription records. The solution is made possible through the participation of leading national pharmacies, pharmacy system vendors, hospital medication reconciliation vendors and the power of RelayHealth's intelligent pharmacy claims processing network, which processes prescription claims for more than 70% of the nation's pharmacies.
Duane Reade is among those pharmacies that have agreed to make their patients' medication history records available to authorized staff at hospital emergency rooms.
"We recognize the importance of providing emergency room staff with critical information they need to make safe, informed treatment decisions," said Jerry Ray, senior vice president of pharmacy operations at Duane Reade. "With the safety and privacy of our customers top-of-mind, this patient opt-in program, which is fully HIPAA-compliant, will allow RelayHealth to provide drug fill and refill information to authorized healthcare providers so they can determine if there is a possibility for negative drug interactions or duplicate therapy."
The IntegrateRx medication reconciliation solution allows for seamless delivery of patient data through the hospital's current electronic health record software application. It is designed to replace what is typically a manual - and many times inaccurate - process of interviewing the patient to relate his or her current prescription regimen. Because the solution offers drug interaction screening, it also supports hospitals in meeting the requirements instituted by the Joint Commission.
"RelayHealth is helping to centralize medication history for a more connected healthcare system," said Scott MacKenzie, president of RelayHealth's Pharmacy Solutions Group. "As the leader in pharmacy claims management solutions, we have unique insight into a patient's complete medication history. With approval from our pharmacy customers, we can use this information to provide safety and efficiency in the medication reconciliation process."
For more information, visit RelayHealth in Booth 1280 at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy & Technology Conference, to be held in Boston at the New Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Aug. 11-15.
About Duane Reade
Founded in 1960, Duane Reade is the largest drug store chain in the metropolitan New York City area, offering a wide variety of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, health and beauty care items, cosmetics, greeting cards, photo supplies and photofinishing. As of March 31, 2007, the company operated 245 stores. More information is available at http://www.duane-reade.com.
About RelayHealth
RelayHealth is McKesson's vendor-neutral connectivity services company. Its intelligent network is designed to streamline clinical, financial and administrative communication between patients, providers, payors, pharmacies and financial institutions. RelayHealth works to accelerate the delivery of high-quality care and improve financial performance through solutions such as online consultation of physicians by patients, electronic prescribing, point-of-service pharmacy claims resolution by payors, pre-visit patient financial clearance by providers, and post-visit provider bill settlement by payors and patients. Our pharmacy solutions include: Pre & Post Editing Services, RxSafety Advisor™, AWP Resubmission Services, eVoucherRx™, Preferred PatientRx™, EasyFSA™; and our payor solutions include: IntegrateRx™ and ProPBMSM. RelayHealth operates as a neutral partner in an open network environment, offering connectivity and integration among all organizations, systems, and solutions. For more information, call (800) 778-6711, or visit our Web site at http://www.RelayHealth.com.
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