- By April 2014, 70% of physicians were e-prescribing using an electronic health record (EHR)
- Only 7% of physicians were e-prescribing using an EHR when the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) was passed in December of 2008
- 24% of physicians were e-prescribing using an EHR when the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs began in 2011
Source: "E-Prescribing Trends
in the United States ," The Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC), ONC Data Brief no. 18, July 2014, http://healthit.gov/sites/default/files/oncdatabriefe-prescribingincreases2014.pdf
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