The UnScripted Podcast, episode one is a conversation with Cecelia Byers, PharmD Specialty Pharmacy Clinical Product Manager and Dr. Andrew Mellin, VP, Chief Medical Information Officer with Surescripts. Today we have a interesting discussion on how the process of prescribing and dispensing specialty medication relies on antiquated technology: fax machines, paper forms and phone calls and how Surescripts is transforming the process for prescribing specialty medications Learn more: https://surescripts.com/resources/specialty-medications This podcast is a call to action on the broader healthcare industry to standardize digital processes to help remove admin burden We talk about the need for system-wide streamlining of data between providers, patients, and pharmacies not only to ensure all the necessary patient information for specialty prescriptions is automatically available, but to also prepare for the influx of new specialty treatments. We discuss the electronic solutions for manual processes can address process challenges, such as manual collection and receipt of enrollment data, and prior authorization delays. We discuss the data uncovered in the 2020 specialty pharmacists survey Specialty pharmacists have an incredibly difficult job, given the complex nature of specialty medications and the added burden of a healthcare system disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the ability to touch patients’ lives is what gives meaning to specialty pharmacists’ work. Find more info here: https://surescripts.com/resources/specialty-medications Cecelia Byers, PharmD, Specialty Pharmacy Clinical Product Manager at Surescripts, recently joined the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy Podcast to discuss the challenges that specialty pharmacists face and how technology providers like Surescripts help specialty pharmacists keep the focus on patients. https://surescripts.com/news-center/intelligence-in-action/specialty-medications/podcast-helping-specialty-pharmacists-keep-focus-on-patients
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