“E-prescribing in the U.S. witnessed an 181 percent increase as 190 milion prescriptions were routed electronically in 2009 versus 68 million in 2008, according to a report from e-prescription network Surescripts, in its 2009 progess report on e-prescribing. Of the 190 million, more than four million e-prescriptions were routed to mail order pharmacies.
Eighteen percent of prescriptions are not being sent electronically while e-prescribing is being used by one in four prescribers, according according to Surescripts, located in Alexandra, Va. Growth was seen in the use of prescription benefit, prescription history and prescription routing that support the e-prescribing process as well as in adoption by prescribers, payors and pharmacies between 2008 and 2009, the company said.”
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EMR, EMR Software, Electronicmedicalrecord’s, 10 March 2010
