Surescripts Network Alliance e-Prescribing

Surescripts describes itself as a health intelligence network in the United States; its press releases carry an Arlington, Virginia dateline and the site does not state a founding year. It connects EHR vendors, health plans, health systems, PBMs, pharmacies and specialty pharmacies for e-prescribing, medication history and related data exchange.

Services include Prior Authorization Automation, which matches clinical data to coverage criteria at the moment of prescribing and sends it to the PBM, and Real-Time Prescription Benefit, which shows prescribers coverage and out-of-pocket cost at the chosen pharmacy. A May 2026 release states 68,000 prescribers across 42 health systems use prior authorization automation.

• Prior Authorization Automation: matches clinical data to coverage criteria and sends it to the PBM.
• Real-Time Prescription Benefit: shows coverage and out-of-pocket cost at the chosen pharmacy.
• Medication coverage: supports 104 medications for automated authorization, up from 40 in 2024.
• Savings insights: average savings by drug class reported for January to April 2026.
• Health system rollout: 68,000 prescribers live across 42 health systems.
• Network reach: EHR vendors, health plans, PBMs, pharmacies and specialty pharmacies.

Vietnamese health IT vendors and hospital networks could study the network-hub architecture for linking prescribers, pharmacies and insurers. Private insurers could adapt the real-time benefit concept to show patient cost for prescriptions.

Median prior authorization decision time of 18 seconds when criteria are met, per the May 2026 release. Real-Time Prescription Benefit reported 19.7 million USD in savings from January to April 2026. Prescribers see cost and coverage at the chosen pharmacy before sending. One network link reaches EHRs, PBMs and pharmacies.

E-prescribing networks are adding prior authorization automation and price transparency as regulators and payers push for faster medication access. Vietnam's national e-prescription system and pharmacy linkage point to similar interoperability needs, although Surescripts' network is built for the US market.

US-based per press release dateline (Arlington, Virginia). The May 2026 release expects another 119,000 prescribers to go live in 2026. Certifications are referenced on a separate page and not listed in the fetched release.