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Mobile Healthcare Blog | Nation’s Largest Public Health Plan Chooses IQMax’s ePrescribing Partner

December 23rd, 2004 | | Posted in General News, Partners |

Script IQ, the preferred medication management company, announced today that it will be working with L.A. Care, the nation’s largest public health plan, serving more than 750,000 members in Los Angeles County, to bring web-based medication management tools to L.A. Care’s 9,000 member physicians. The arrangement allows Script IQ to offer to L.A. Care’s physicians a program for obtaining the newly required security prescription forms for controlled substances. L.A. Care also expects to model one or more programs using Script IQ’s formulary management, customized prescribing documents, and connectivity tools to help promote quality and safety in medication management.

According to Philip W. Banks, Pharm D, Director of Pharmacy & Formulary for L.A. Care Health Plan, “L.A. Care is always looking for innovative and effective ways to support our provider network. This collaboration with Script IQ provides a service to our providers that is tailored to meet their needs.”

“We’re very pleased to be offering our medication management solutions to L.A. Care and their physicians”, commented John Pierce, EVP of Business Development at Script IQ. “Our immediately adoptable programs will have a meaningful impact in helping L.A. Care achieve its goals of improving care and increasing efficiencies in the delivery of health care services.”

Script IQ is a Seattle-based company that provides powerful Web-based formulary management, prescribing and physician connectivity tools to medical groups, health plans, and pharmaceutical companies. Script IQ’s model is based upon creating “evolutionary” solutions that are highly adoptable in nature. Script IQ is making medication management tools available to over 15,000 physicians in California. Mobile applications for formulary reference and ePrescribing are scheduled for release in early 2005. For more information about Script IQ go to http://www.scriptiq.com.

L.A. Care Health Plan is a local public agency and health plan serving residents of Los Angeles County through a variety of programs including Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, and Healthy Kids. With more than 750,000 enrolled members, L.A. Care is one of the largest health plans in California and is the nation’s largest public health plan. L.A. Care is a leader in developing new programs through innovative coalitions and partnerships designed to support public health, the safety net, and health insurance coverage for vulnerable populations. For more information, visit http://www.lacare.org.