Report: Mandate Propels E-Scripts in Minnesota
An electronic prescription mandate in Minnesota resulted in the state having the highest rate of e-prescribing in 2011, after being ranked 11th the year before.
An electronic prescription mandate in Minnesota resulted in the state having the highest rate of e-prescribing in 2011, after being ranked 11th the year before.
Minnesota prescribers electronically routed 61 percent of prescriptions last year, according to the annual Safe-Rx report from e-prescription network vendor Surescripts. The state legislature enacted the mandate in 2008 and it became effective Jan. 1, 2011. The mandate is soft; it does not apply to long-term care facilities, and there are no enforcement mechanisms or penalties for non-compliance. But the state worked with stakeholders for several years to raise awareness and readiness for the mandate.
Following Minnesota, the top 10 e-prescribing states are Massachusetts, South Dakota, Delaware, New Hampshire, Iowa, North Carolina, Maine, Vermont and Michigan. “Ranking aside, e-prescribing use grew substantially across all states in the U.S. in 2011,” according to the report.
Nine states have more than 70 percent of physicians e-prescribing, with Massachusetts and New Hampshire leading with an 86 percent physician adoption rate. Ninety-one percent of retail pharmacies now support e-prescribing, according to Surescripts.
More information on Minnesota’s mandate is available here. The state-level e-prescribing Safe-Rx report is here. Also available on the site is the 2011 National Progress Report issued in May.
Minnesota prescribers electronically routed 61 percent of prescriptions last year, according to the annual Safe-Rx report from e-prescription network vendor Surescripts. The state legislature enacted the mandate in 2008 and it became effective Jan. 1, 2011. The mandate is soft; it does not apply to long-term care facilities, and there are no enforcement mechanisms or penalties for non-compliance. But the state worked with stakeholders for several years to raise awareness and readiness for the mandate.
Following Minnesota, the top 10 e-prescribing states are Massachusetts, South Dakota, Delaware, New Hampshire, Iowa, North Carolina, Maine, Vermont and Michigan. “Ranking aside, e-prescribing use grew substantially across all states in the U.S. in 2011,” according to the report.
Nine states have more than 70 percent of physicians e-prescribing, with Massachusetts and New Hampshire leading with an 86 percent physician adoption rate. Ninety-one percent of retail pharmacies now support e-prescribing, according to Surescripts.
More information on Minnesota’s mandate is available here. The state-level e-prescribing Safe-Rx report is here. Also available on the site is the 2011 National Progress Report issued in May.
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