In our increasingly digital healthcare world, ePrescribing has become a necessary tool in order for patients to get the medicine that they need. Up until recently, ePrescribing has been a sort of monopoly with little to no competitors or innovation. But now FDB Vela is moving into ePrescribing with innovation as their main goal. We sat down with Lathe Bigler, General Manager at FDB Vela, and FDB Vela’s first customer, Vince Lopez, Founder and CEO at Parker Health, to get a closer look at FDB Vela’s move into ePrescribing and how that move is being received.
What went into the decision for FDB Vela to launch an ePrescribing network? “We work with pharmacies, hospitals, EHRs, PBMs, you name it. And as we began to speak more with these customers on how we can bring more value to them, there were several of them that actually brought up the topic of FDB becoming not just the creator of the content, but also the driver of moving information back and forth through network services like ePrescribing. So really our idea behind Vela was to meet our customers needs.” said Lathe Bigler.
With their unique background, FDB Vela is able to see the areas of ePrescribing that need some work and make innovation their top priority. Most of this innovation comes through leveraging the proper tools and data to try to cut down on the red tape patients often face. Other times, they utilize tools that already exist. For example, Rx fill isn’t often utilized by ePrescribers due to the price, despite it being a great tool for providers to know when prescriptions are picked up. FDB Vela felt like price wasn’t a good reason to not use it, so they’re offering those services at no cost.
But how is this effort being received in the healthcare world? To find out, we asked Vince what made him choose FDB Vela over other ePrescribing services. “The innovation approach that they take and what they’re doing in their product, delivering quality, and delivering something that is going to actually make an outcome in a patient’s experience. That’s one of the mission focuses we have here as an organization at Parker Health, is all about the patient and what does that journey look like. Working with FDB, they brought that experience, they brought that knowledge, and really emphasized what we were mission focused on.” said Vince Lopez
For more information, watch the full interview down below.
Learn more about FDB Vela: https://www.fdbvela.com/
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