FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The historic collaboration between retail pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers -- resulting in the merger of two complementary ePrescribing networks -- will serve as a catalyst to fuel unprecedented growth in wiring the most-used benefit in America's health care delivery system, Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

In the single most significant advance to the accuracy, efficiency and quality of information associated with the 4 billion prescriptions written annually in the United States, the nation's retail pharmacies and leading pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) today announced an unprecedented collaboration to unite the country's two leading health information networks.

Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH), the leader in the health care information systems industry, will be showcasing the new integrated DrFirst medication history and e-prescribing technologies at HIMSS 2008 on their new 6.0 Client/Server Release.

First Health Services, a Medicaid fee-for-service and managed health care company, and RxHub have announced a joint agreement to provide a secure network infrastructure for ePrescribing for Medicaid recipients in 14 states of US.

RxHub, a healthcare solutions provider, has announced its support for New Hampshire's initiative to provide health care clinicians with the ability to ePrescribe statewide.