Anyone who has followed PokitDok knows we are advocates of price transparency, especially as it applies to prescription drugs. A foundational principle of value-based healthcare is the patient's ability to price shop. However, when medication cost information is obscured by complex networks of suppliers, intermediaries, and payment structures, consumers cannot make value-based healthcare decisions.  … Read more

Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, announced today 16 organizations joined the project, bringing the total number of new members in 2018 to 67. A global collaboration hosted by The Linux Foundation, Hyperledger now includes more than 235 organizations. Hyperledger has gained significant traction as a multi-project, multi-stakeholder effort  … Read more

There are four clear groups who would benefit from blockchain adoption in healthcare: Care providers, payers, clinical trial sponsors and patients will all experience new efficiencies as blockchains are adopted throughout the heathcare industry.

Hidden costs, inefficiencies and frictions unnecessarily plague healthcare and diminish the patient experience. Listen to PokitDok CEO, Joe Murad, as he discusses the origins of these problems and possible solutions to streamline healthcare and make the process more transparent in his interview with the Relentless Health Value podcast. 00:00 Integrated delivery models. 04:30 Where Joe  … Read more

PokitDok announced today that its real-time Health Insurance Eligibility application is now available through Salesforce AppExchange, empowering businesses to connect with their customers, partners, and employees in entirely new ways. PokitDok's Health Insurance Eligibility solution enables users to integrate and automate benefits verification directly in their Lightning Experience workflow without ever leaving Salesforce. Once deployed,  … Read more

Employers expect healthcare costs to increase by 5.5 percent in 2018. Here’s how brokers can help reduce employer-sponsored insurance costs.

Primary medication non-adherence is caused by cost and patients’ mental barriers to medication. Here’s how we can reduce primary non-adherence.

We believe blockchains can help healthcare infrastructure by plugging holes in data management, authorization and supply chains.

We're proud to announce that PokitDok has successfully completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2® Type II engagement with receipt of the Independent Auditor's Report attesting to PokitDok's internal controls surrounding data security. Based upon the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Trust Services Principles and Criteria, the SOC 2® Type II audit is recognized as  … Read more

Patient nonadherence costs an estimated $290 billion in the United States. Here’s how pharmacy APIs can improve patient adherence and outcomes.