South Carolina 2013 Progress Report on E-Prescribing
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Transcript of South Carolina 2013 Progress Report on E-Prescribing
South Carolina State Progress Report on Electronic Prescribing
PART 1: 2013 Safe-Rx™ Ranking 28
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 6,637,883 14,648,766 18,973,475
Total Prescriptions Routed Electronically 6,455,307 11,386,216 16,731,418
Total Estimated Responses to Medication Requests 3,101,544 6,025,088 6,247,991
Rate of Response to Benefit Requests at Year-End 63.76% 67.62% 73.68%
Percentage of Total Prescriptions Represented by Renewal Response 9.01% 8.14% 8.27%
Utilization Percentages 2011 - 20132
South Carolina 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 4,338 5,219 6,383
Community Pharmacies Activated for E-Prescribing at Year-End4 962 1,001 1,020
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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