<p>Slideshow: 6 Top-Notch E-Prescribing OptionsTwo years after Surescripts announced its clinical interoperability network, the company that connects physician offices and pharmacies online has taken its biggest step yet beyond electronic prescribing by striking an agreement with Epic Systems, the largest EHR vendor. The companies are working together to link Epic's Care Everywhere platform to the Surescripts network. This will allow Epic users to send secure clinical messages with referrals, discharge summaries, and lab results to providers who use other kinds of EHRs.</p><p>The announcement comes on the heels of Surescript's acquisition of Kryptiq, the health information exchange vendor that supplies Surescripts' clinical messaging software. Surescripts bought a minority stake in Kryptiq two years ago when it launched its clinical interoperability network. Webcasts More >>White Papers More >>Reports More >></p><p>Today, about 390,000 office-based prescribers use Surescripts to transmit electronic prescriptions to pharmacies, according to the company. In addition, the retail clinics of the CVS and Walgreens pharmacy chains are using Surescripts' clinical network to send clinical summaries and, in the case of Walgreens, immunization data to primary care physicians. Surescripts is also involved in a grant program to transmit hospital lab data to public health agencies.</p><p>[ Practice management software keeps the medical office running smoothly. For a closer look at KLAS' top-ranked systems, see 10 Top Medical Practice Management Software Systems. ]</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/electronic-medical-records/epicsurescripts-marriage-delivers-secure/240007034">Keep reading...</a></p>