10 States With the Highest, Lowest E-Prescribing Rates

The average percentage of physicians e-prescribing through an electronic health record increased tenfold from December 2008 to April 2014, jumping from 7 percent to 70 percent, according to a data brief from the ONC.

During that time period, 48 states increased the percent of e-prescribing physicians by at least 50 percentage points.

Here are the 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

Here are the 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

More Articles on E-Prescribing:

Study: E-Prescriptions May Produce More Labeling Errors Than Paper Prescriptions
Global E-Prescribing Market to Reach $888M by 2019
Surescripts: Half of All Prescriptions in 2013 Were Electronically Routed

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