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Surescripts Unveils Latest Health Data Exchange, Interoperability Gains

Surescripts facilitated 21 billion secure health data exchange transactions in 2022, marking a significant milestone toward interoperability

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By Sarai Rodriguez

- The Surescripts 2022 National Progress Report highlights significant gains in advancing interoperability, something the organization said is key amidst ongoing challenges such as provider burnout, staffing shortages, and rising costs, with continued year-over-year improvements in health data exchange.

“While there is no single solution to the challenges facing healthcare today, we have billions of reasons for hope that come with every exchange of secure patient information,” Frank Harvey, chief executive officer of Surescripts, said in a press release. “I’m inspired every day when I see the ways the Surescripts Network Alliance is coming together to solve healthcare’s shared challenges with shared health intelligence—and making significant headway toward better, safer, less costly care in America.”

Over 2 million healthcare providers exchanged patient data more than 21.7 billion times through Surescripts, while its Master Patient Index represented 99 percent of the US population, according to the latest report.