Highmark Health’s VITAL Innovation Program testing YouScript® Precision Prescribing Software for patients taking multiple medications
The unique VITAL program, which leverages
Each year, adverse drug events claim over 100,000 lives and cause over 700,000 emergency department visits nationwide.1 Most events are caused by medications prescribed according to standard dosing guidelines.2 Some events occur because typical drug interaction software is only able to detect binary drug-drug interactions, overlooking gene-based interactions and those caused by combinations of three or more drugs or genes, which represent over 50% of significant interactions.
Recent studies3 show that using
"Patient safety and drug efficacy are paramount for providing high-quality health care," said
"The value and utility of a solution such as YouScript's could be profound in our patient population," said
"By integrating directly into the prescribing workflow, we can ensure every patient is receiving the safest and most appropriate medication," said YouScript CEO
VITAL's evaluation of YouScript is underway and will occur for a period of 12 months, concluding in
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2Budnitz DS, Pollock DA, Weidenbach KN,
3Elliott LS, Henderson JC, Neradilek MB,
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With a team of approximately 100 dedicated providers,
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At YouScript, our mission is to save lives, improve patient care and reduce costs by eliminating avoidable adverse drug events. Based on fifteen years of technology development that makes precision prescribing possible,
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