ePrescribing Dashboard
2010 Florida Metrics
Overview
The Agency for Health Care Administration has developed and published a set
of indicators for tracking e-prescribing adoption rates in Florida. Quarterly metrics are usually reported to the Agency mid-month during April, July, October and January. These metrics enable the Agency to gauge progress in Florida and in comparison with national rates. A key indicator is the e-prescribing rate which is the amount of e-prescribing relative to all prescriptions that could have been e-prescribed.
As reported in the second and third annual issues of the Florida Electronic Prescribing Report, the annual electronic prescribing rate increased from 1.6% of Florida prescriptions in 2007 to 4.3% in 2008 and to 14.4% in 2009. The annual rate at which physicians used e-prescribing tools to request a medication history, or the medication record request rate, was 5.5% of all Florida prescriptions in 2008 and 28.9% at the end of 2009.
Below is an at-a-glance overview of data totals received to date for 2010 calendar year quarters as compared to the first and fourth quarters of 2009. Summaries and charts of 2010 Florida e-prescribing metrics may be viewed at www.fhin.net/eprescribe/Dashboard/FLcharts.shtml.
Metrics Overview
Florida Quarterly 2010
E-Prescribing Metrics |
2010Q1 |
2010Q2 |
Previous-year
Comparison
2009Q2 |
Previous-year
Comparison
2009Q4 |
Avg. Total Activated Pharmacies* |
3,601 |
3,681 |
3,405 |
3,542 |
Avg. Total Pharmacies* |
5,324 |
5,402 |
5,149 |
5,269 |
E-Prescriptions |
4,423,942 |
4,514,637 |
2,630,242 |
3,707,712 |
Avg. Total E-Prescribers |
9,589 |
10,161 |
6,663 |
8,692 |
Clear Active Licensed Prescribing Professionals Residing in FL Counties |
64,666 |
74,187 |
N/A |
73,029 |
Patient Medication Record Requests* |
7,764,165 |
9,060,506 |
3,208,329 |
7,084,771 |
Records Found* |
6,416,776 |
8,557,582 |
2,280,384 |
5,925,034 |
Avg. Total Record Requesting Clinicians* |
16,075 |
19,356 |
10,769 |
16,563 |
Average Percent of Activated Pharmacies: |
68% |
68% |
66% |
67% |
Month End of Quarter E-Prescribing Rate1: |
19% |
18% |
11% |
16% |
Quarterly E-Prescribing Rate2: |
17% |
17% |
10% |
14% |
Average Monthly E-Prescriptions per E-Prescriber: |
154 |
148 |
132 |
142 |
Average Percent of Licensed Prescribing
Professionals Who are E-Prescribers: |
15% |
14% |
N/A |
12% |
Quarterly Record Request Rate2: |
29% |
34% |
13% |
28% |
Avg. Monthly Record Requests per Requestor: |
161 |
159 |
115 |
123 |
Average Monthly Records Found per Requestor: |
133 |
140 |
80 |
94 |
Ratio of Records Requested to Found: |
83% |
94% |
71% |
84% |
* = Surescripts Data Only
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1 Based on 107,364,259 million 2009 denominator/12 months
2 Based on 107,364,259 million 2009 denominator/4 quarters |
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