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SureScripts-RxHub merger provides on-ramp to full EMR: major plan investment expected with goal of 100 million e-scripts.

Publication: Managed Healthcare Executive
Publication Date: 01-AUG-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: SureScripts-RxHub merger provides on-ramp to full EMR: major plan investment expected with goal of 100 million e-scripts.(NEWS ANALYSIS)(electronic medical record)

Article Excerpt
NATIONAL REPORTS--The e-prescribing SureScripts and RxHub network merger reflects the national movement toward interconnected, standards-based technology infrastructures, similar to the development of VisaNet global payment infrastructure in the financial services industry 20 years ago, experts believe.

"The primary goal of the collaboration is to provide an end-to-end technology platform to support the efforts of companies who participate in electronic prescribing," says John Driscoll, president of new markets for Medco and co-chairman of the newly combined entity. "The creation of a nationwide network in support of eprescribing...

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