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Rhode Island physicians connect to SureScripts-RxHub.

Publication: Drug Topics
Publication Date: 13-OCT-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Rhode Island physicians connect to SureScripts-RxHub.(Technology)(Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island)

Article Excerpt
The need to increase efficiencies, cut costs and decrease the potential for drug errors has motivated the nation's largest health-plan-owned manager of pharmacy benefits to provide SureScripts-RxHub connectivity to health professionals in Rhode Island.

The connectivity will allow physicians access both to a formulary and, with patients' consent, to patient medical information to determine at the point of care whether the patient's health plan will cover the cost of medications, said Marion Hague, assistant vice president of ancillary contracting for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), which covers more than 680,000 members.

"We want to make sure our physician community is sharing information...

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