Emerging Health and RxHub Team Up on Medication History System
Posted on: Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 09:00 CDT
Emerging Health Information Technology, the healthcare IT services company selected by the Bronx Regional Health Information Organization to create a health information exchange, has selected RxHub MEDS to provide physicians with patient medication history and pharmacy benefit information at the point of care.
RxHub MEDS provides physicians with real-time access to the last 12 months of a patient's active medication history from the pharmacy claims database of health plans and pharmacy benefit managers that transact with RxHub.
This data includes any medications for which the patient has used their prescription benefit, including the name of the drug, dose, quantity dispensed, days supply, dispensing pharmacy and phone number, and prescribing physician.
With this information, the clinician can derive patient adherence to prescribed drug treatments, previous therapeutic interventions, potential adverse drug reactions, interactions and duplications, and any dosage modifications.
"Having secure, online access to a patient's medication history is a critical component to building a regional health information network. Physicians need this information, whether it is to provide care to an individual who is unable to supply information about their medications in a health emergency, or to respond during a crisis that might affect an entire community," said Jack Wolf, president and CEO of Emerging Health. "We're building this solution with RxHub to support the health and safety of our citizens."
Source: Datamonitor
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