54% Physicians Use E-Prescribing, Up 47% From 2008

A recent study in The American Journal of Managed Care found more than half of physicians write their prescriptions electronically, eight times as many who wrote e-prescriptions as of 2008.

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The number of e-prescribing physicians increased from 47,000 in 2008 to 398,000 in 2012. The jump can be attributed in part to 2009 federal legislation that gave e-prescribing incentives to Medicare providers.

Pharmacies able to accept e-prescriptions also rose from 43,000 in 2008 to 59,000 in 2012.

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