Surescripts’ Expansion Into Health Info Exchange Offers Research Potential
Executive Summary
While facilitating research is not necessarily Surescripts’ main goal as it transitions its network infrastructure from an e-prescribing-related data exchange to enabling more health information exchange, SVP Miller says the network could play a role in helping research benefit from the growth in health information technology.
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