Health IT Initiatives

Categories: Empower Consumers and Providers

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) has launched several health IT initiatives designed to strengthen care quality and reduce healthcare costs.  Among them:

• Availity Care Profile – A payer-based electronic health record that provides one-stop, interoperable access to patients’ consolidated health record
• CareCalc – A tool that enables physician office staff to calculate the patient’s financial responsibility at any time during the service
• RelayHealth – An online communication tool that offers a safe and confidential way for patients and physicians to consult about non-urgent healthcare needs
• Epocrates – A drug reference tool that offers free mobile and Web-based access to BCBSF formularies

The Plan also participates in ePrescribe Florida, an initiative that includes the state’s leading health plans, physician and provider associations, pharmacy retail chains and associations, quality improvement organizations, infrastructure and application vendors and other key industry and government stakeholders.  To learn more about BCBSF’s health IT initiatives, please visit the Plan’s website.