ONC Identifies (and Charts) Trends in e-Prescribing

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Earlier this month, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a Data Brief on trends in e-Prescribing as measured over the past few years. The Data Brief available here highlights compelling statistics surrounding e-Prescribing growth and adoption.  Here is what we found most riveting:

10 states with the highest e-prescribing rates as of April 2014:

1. Minnesota — 100 percent
2. Iowa — 95 percent
3. Indiana — 95 percent
4. Massachusetts — 94 percent
5. South Dakota — 90 percent
6. New Hampshire — 87 percent
7. North Dakota — 87 percent
8. Wisconsin — 87 percent
9. Kentucky — 85 percent
10. Oregon — 84 percent

10 states with the lowest e-prescribing rates as of April 2014:

1. Alaska — 48 percent
2. Nevada — 50 percent
3. California — 53 percent
4. New Jersey — 54 percent
5. New York — 59 percent
6. Colorado — 60 percent
7. Hawaii — 60 percent
8. Idaho — 62 percent
9. Utah — 62 percent
10. Tennessee — 63 percent

• December 2008: Every state with the exception of Massachusetts had physicians e-prescribing using an EHR at a rate  below 20% on the Surescripts Network
• April 2014: Every state had physicians e-prescribing using an EHR at a rate >40% and the majority of states had at least 70% of their physicians e-prescribing using an EHR

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