Minnesota had the highest rate of e-prescribing use in the Unites States in 2011, ending Massachusetts’ 5-year run in the top spot, according to the Surescripts electronic prescribing network.
Massachusetts was second in the company’s Safe-Rx rankings in 2011, with South Dakota, Delaware, and New Hampshire rounding out the top five. Minnesota, which finished 11th last year, is the only state to have passed an e-prescribing mandate, Surescripts noted.
"In Minnesota, there has been a strong commitment to a common e-prescribing objective by providers, pharmacies, and payers statewide who worked collaboratively with the e-Health Initiative," said Dr. Marty LaVenture, director of office of health information technology and e-health at the Minnesota Department of Health, according to Surescripts.
Prescribers in Minnesota routed 61% of prescriptions electronically last year, and Massachusetts and New Hampshire had the highest rate of physician adoption, at 86%, Surescripts reported.
The Surescripts Safe-Rx rankings, now in their seventh year, base e-prescribing performance on states’ use of prescription benefit information, medication history, and prescription routing.
Note: Rankings are based on analysis of prescription benefit information, medication history, and prescription routing transactions within each state.
Source: Surescripts