South Shore Medical Center Chooses ZixCorp's PocketScript for Secure E-Prescribing Solution

South Shore Medical Center (SSMC), a private practice with locations in Norwell and Kingston, Massachusetts, has selected ZixCorp's PocketScript e-prescribing technology to enable its 48 prescribers to write and generate prescriptions directly to pharmacies. This implementation will be subsidized by the eRx Collaborative, a program that aims to promote the adoption of e-prescribing solutions among healthcare providers in Massachusetts. With PocketScript, SSMC physicians will have access to a comprehensive set of features, including formulary information, drug reference guides, and patient-specific drug-dispensed lists.

Key Takeaways:

• South Shore Medical Center (SSMC) has contracted to purchase ZixCorp's PocketScript e-prescribing technology for its 48 prescribers.
• The eRx Collaborative will subsidize a portion of SSMC's PocketScript implementation costs, as part of its efforts to promote e-prescribing adoption among Massachusetts healthcare providers.
• PocketScript enables physicians to write and generate prescriptions directly to pharmacies through a wireless handheld PDA or a secure web site.
• The application includes formulary information, a drug reference guide, drug-to-drug and drug-to-allergy checking, and patient-specific drug-dispensed lists.
• SSMC is an independently owned private practice of over 40 physicians engaged in various specialties, including internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, and obstetrics/gynecology.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BSBCMA), Tufts Health Plan, Neighborhood Health Plan, Zix Corporation, and DrFirst, Inc. have formed a collaboration to offer an e-prescribing program to 3,500 physicians in Massachusetts.
• Zix Corporation provides secure e-communication services that protect, manage, and deliver sensitive information to enterprises and consumers in healthcare, finance, insurance, and government.

Statistics:

• SSMC has 48 prescribers.
• The eRx Collaborative will subsidize a portion of SSMC's PocketScript implementation costs.
• 3,500 physicians will have access to the e-prescribing program formed by BSBCMA, Tufts Health Plan, Neighborhood Health Plan, Zix Corporation, and DrFirst, Inc.

Sources:

• Zix Corporation
• South Shore Medical Center (SSMC)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BSBCMA)
• Tufts Health Plan
• Neighborhood Health Plan
• DrFirst, Inc.
• Health & Medicine Week via NewsRx.com