“While there has been plenty of talk about the recent Harvard study which found no overall cost reduction among hospitals that have invested heavily in health information technology (HIT), healthcare stakeholders looking to justify continued IT investment may want to consider the progress being made with the increased use of ePrescriptions.
According to this article, there has been a significant move by key healthcare organizations across the country toward the promotion and use of ePrescription systems. As a result, “an estimated 100 million ePrescriptions were ‘written’ in 2008, a 300 percent increase from 2007”.”
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Jeff Rowe, Healthcare IT News – Priming the Pump, 11 December 2009
