e-Prescriptions Increase as Medicare Incentive is About to Take Effect

The AP reports that in “December 2007, 35,000 doctors were writing at least some paperless prescriptions, according to SureScripts-RxHub, which tracks the drugstore network.
The 2008 count isn't finished yet, but SureScripts estimates that number has doubled to more than 70,000. Moreover, the volume of prescriptions filled electronically grew about 15 percent a month since August, faster than the 5 percent to 8 percent monthly increase seen earlier in the year — presumably as doctors geared up for the Medicare incentive.” Read more here.