Highmark Health’s VITAL Innovation Program evaluating YouScript Precision Prescribing Software for patients taking multiple medications

Premier Medical Associates spearheading the evaluation among a population of 3000 patients Pittsburgh, PA and Seattle WA (June 6, 2018) – Highmark Health announced today that through its VITAL Innovation Program, a test-and-learn platform, it is evaluating YouScript’s Precision Prescribing Software designed for safer, more targeted prescribing among patients taking multiple medications. The unique VITAL program, which leverages Highmark Health’s … Read More

Clover Health Launches New In-Home Primary Care Program Supported by Genomic Testing Capabilities

Clover partners with YouScript to deliver free gene-informed medication management for in-home primary care members to reduce adverse drug interactions SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2018 – Clover Health, a healthcare company using data and technology to fill gaps in care and improve health outcomes, has launched an in-home primary care program equipped with genomic testing integration capabilities provided by YouScript, … Read More

YouScript Announces New Board of Directors

YouScript adds thought leaders in healthcare innovation, precision medicine, informatics, and patient safety (Seattle, WA) March 7, 2018 – YouScript today announced the addition of Russel Altman, MD, PhD, Christine Cassell, MD, David Colaizzi, and Board Chair Alan Russell, PhD to the YouScript board of directors. Additionally, Cesar Elizaga, Miguel Solans, Kristine Ashcraft will continue to serve on the Board. … Read More

Challenges and Strategies to Implementing a Pharmacogenetics Strategy

At any given moment, clinicians have access to a variety of resources designed to make their job more efficient. These resources range from static clinical references to fully actionable, dynamic, digital assistants. The modern computer era has made medical information more readily available than ever before. Choosing and implementing the right tools can be a daunting task. In many cases, … Read More

Use of Clinical Decision Support Tools

What Makes the Best Decision Support Tools So Widely Utilized? Health care providers need access to up-to-date and clinically-actionable clinical decision support tools throughout the care continuum. To satisfy this need, more healthcare systems are deploying clinical decision support tools tailored to the needs of healthcare providers, complementing their larger clinical IT infrastructure. Some use for clinical decision support tools … Read More

YouScript and Grane Rx Partner to Reduce Hospitalizations Using Pharmacogenetics for the Post-acute Care Industry

Grane Rx is poised to take a leading role in promoting patient safety through precision medicine. YouScript and Grane Rx announce today an agreement to deliver precision prescribing support to post-acute care organizations. Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a leading cause of avoidable hospitalization among the senior population. Each year, these events claim more than 100,000 lives and cause more … Read More

YouScript and PDX Join Together to Reduce Adverse Drug Events by Bringing Precision Medicine to Community Pharmacies

YouScript and PDX announce today an agreement to deliver integrated YouScript® precision prescribing clinical decision support to all PDX pharmacy software users that opt in. Pharmacists will now be able to advise patients when they have a high risk of gene-based adverse drug events, and work with their providers to order testing and optimize drug and dose selection based on … Read More

YouScript Now a Verified Company with HealthXL

YouScript, a life-saving clinical decision support tool, aiding enterprise health solution providers in reducing the adverse drug event epidemic. Seattle, WA — (July 26, 2017) — YouScript is now a verified company with HealthXL , a global organization driving innovation in healthcare through an elite network of healthcare executives and global solutions. Companies can only obtain verified status when there … Read More

Gauging the Impact of Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive innovation refers to an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network, displacing established market leading firms, products, and alliances.1 Consider this — when digital cameras were new, was the leading film company innovating in this digital space? With a large shift in how consumers capture, share, and store … Read More

YouScript at the Long Term Post Acute Care & HIT Summit

YouScript CEO Kristine Ashcraft attended the Long Term Post Acute Care & HIT Summit this week in Baltimore, MD to present a talk on the implications of pharmacogenetic testing, polypharmacy, and its impact on the elderly. The presentation Kristine gave was titled “Integration and Outcomes: Shifting Precision Medicine from the Future to Now” Many in healthcare today consider precision medicine … Read More