Center for Improving Medication Management:SURESCRIPTS® JOINS WITH PHYSICIANS, PAYERS AND EMPLOYERS TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT ON MEDICATION SAFETY

It is good to see the private sector working with a Medical Academy to promote best practices. SV

SureScripts, founded by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), today announced that it is collaborating with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), Humana Inc., Intel Corporation, and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) to launch The Center for Improving Medication Management.

Operating as a center of excellence, The Center will initiate programs to gather and disseminate best practices for deployment of technology that electronically links physicians, pharmacists and patients. The Center will conduct research that details how physicians, pharmacists and patients can use technology and health information exchange to improve the way medications are prescribed, filled, used and evaluated for patient outcomes – i.e. to improve the way medications are managed. For certain projects, SureScripts and The Center’s co-founders – AAFP, BCBS Association, Humana Inc., Intel, MGMA – will work with additional organizations to support The Center’s mission, including some of the nation’s leading research organizations.

The Center for Improving Medication Management