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Use of e-Prescribing Continues to Grow; Study Shows Increase in First Fill Medication Adherence
Use of e-prescribing rose in 2011, with 570 million prescriptions routed electronically in 2011 compared with 326 million in 2010, a 75% increase according to the latest National Progress Report on E-Prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, published by Surescripts, operator of the largest e-prescription network that connects prescribers’ e-prescribing software to pharmacies. This is the fifth Surescripts annual report that tracks the status of e-prescribing adoption and use in the US. The 2011 report also includes the results of a study that compared electronic prescriptions with paper, phoned, and faxed prescriptions and showed a consistent 10% “increase in patient first fill medication adherence among physicians who adopted e-prescribing technology” as noted in a Surescripts executive summary (PDF) of the report.
