Progress Reports

This report summarizes statistics associated with the adoption and use of e-prescribing at the state level for years 2010 - 2012. The statistics contained in this report have been compiled by Surescripts®, the Nation's E-Prescription Network. Founded on the principles of neutrality, transparency, interoperability, efficiency, collaboration and quality, Surescripts connects prescribers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia through their choice of e-prescribing software to the nation's leading payers, chain pharmacies and independent pharmacies.

Surescripts' annual Safe-Rx rankings measure the level of e-prescribing activity in each state and the District of Columbia. Rankings are calculated to reflect all three critical steps in the e-prescribing process: total number of responses to requests for patient eligibility information as a percentage of total patient visits, total number of responses to requests for patient medication history as a percentage of total patient visits, and the total number of prescriptions routed electronically to both retail and mail order pharmacies (new prescriptions plus responses to prescription renewal requests) as a percentage of all prescriptions within a state that are able to be submitted electronically.¹

1. 2012 Safe-Rx calculations: Eligible prescriptions do not include preauthorized refills on existing prescriptions, because they do not require communication between a physician and a pharmacist.
2. Total number of physicians per state sourced from SK&A. In addition to physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants may also e-prescribe in your state.
3. Pharmacy calculations use NCPDP supplied data showing total numbers of community pharmacies in each state.