Healthcare providers cite medication prior authorization as an ongoing barrier to patient care, according to the results of a Surescripts survey published today. However, this frustration is expressed alongside optimism, with nearly all respondents willing to adopt new technologies such as automatic prior authorization submission to improve access to timely treatment.

“[Providers and prescribers] share a nearly universal concern about the typical prior authorization process, which is especially alarming because they say it is contributing to patient harm, delaying treatment, or worse, causing patients to abandon treatment altogether,” Frank Harvey, CEO, Surescripts, said in the news release. “It’s promising to see that despite this, clinicians are overwhelmingly open to adopting real-ti

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