Pennsylvania State Progress Report on Electronic Prescribing

PART 1: 2013 Safe-Rx™ Ranking 20

Data as of December 31, 2013

Introduction: This report summarizes statistics associated with the adoption and use of e-prescribing at the state level for years 2011 - 2013. The statistics contained in this report have been compiled by Surescripts®. In all 50 states, the Surescripts network enables standards-based connectivity and a broad range of health information exchange.

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

PART 2: E-Prescribing Utilization

2011 2012 2013Prescription Benefit Requests 35,892,604 63,347,556 73,488,040

Total Prescriptions Routed Electronically 27,443,713 35,290,877 46,435,902

Total Estimated Responses to Medication Requests 15,083,515 23,183,628 22,891,940

Rate of Response to Benefit Requests at Year-End 82.16% 76.56% 76.32%

Percentage of Total Prescriptions Represented by Renewal Response 14.18% 13.82% 15.10%

Utilization Percentages 2011 - 20132

Pennsylvania State Progress Report on Electronic Prescribing Data as of December 31, 2013

PART 3: E-Prescribing Adoption

2011 2012 2013Physicians Routing E-Prescriptions at Year End3 16,470 19,498 22,819

Community Pharmacies Activated for E-Prescribing at Year-End4 2,641 2,704 2,759

Adoption Percentages 2011 - 2013

ENDNOTES:1. 2013 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. Percentages above 100% are due to multiple requests based on individual patient visits.

3. 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.

4. Pharmacy calculations use NCPDP supplied data showing total numbers of community pharmacies in each state.

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