Case Study: Surescripts achieves always-on, scalable authenticated prescription processing with DataStax DSE

Surescripts delivers authenticated prescriptions with an always-on modern data management solution

Surescripts, the nation’s largest health information network connecting more than one million clinicians and handling nearly 11 billion transactions a year, faced a scaling crisis: rapid transaction growth was pushing its legacy relational database beyond architectural and economic limits, and the company needed to meet stringent uptime requirements (no more than 1.5 hours of downtime per year) without exploding cost or operational complexity.

Surescripts replaced its legacy system with DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to power its pending transaction and identity management services, gaining an always-on, linearly scalable platform with built-in enterprise security. The move simplified multi–data center support, increased operational efficiency and scalability headroom, delivered HIPAA/PII-compliant security (TDE, LDAP), and has run smoothly in production—enabling immediate benefits and planned capacity expansion.

SureScripts

Keith Willard

Chief Architect