Fierce Healthcare March 11, 2024
ORLANDO, Florida—The industry continues to make substantial gains in health data exchange and interoperability, according to new data released by health information network Surescripts.
At the end of 2023, 1.29 million prescribers were using e-prescribing, a nearly 5% increase from 2022, and 83.2% of these clinicians were also enabled for electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), according to Surescripts’ latest national progress report, released Monday in conjunction with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2024 Global Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.
Virtually all pharmacies were enabled for both e-prescribing and EPCS, the report found.
Surescripts processed 2.5 billion electronic prescriptions processed in 2023. Among those, 21 million were for specialty medications, a 5% increase from 2022. The...
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