Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Summary: Standards

• Eligibility checking works remarkably well
  • But users universally unaware
  • No human assessment of dual-eligibles or possible false+ MPI matches
  • Disappointing impact on formulary/cost but difficult to interpret
• NEWRX workhorse—extremely important
  • Primary driver of surrogate adoption
  • Persistent transmission reliability issues
    • Most problems due to human factors @ pharmacy?
• Med Hx: Transaction is easy; workflow integration isn't
• NoFill clinically risky w/o true transaction; need order ID
• Prior Auth: not fully tested; big hit for providers