The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Exchange (ONC) recently released its State HIE Bright Spots Synthesis report on e-prescribing, one of the 15 core objectives of meaningful use of health information technology.  The document is intended to help readers:

·        Understand and leverage the data ONC used to learn about progress on   e-prescribing.

·        Get a sense of the successful and innovative approaches grantees, sub-state exchanges and other stakeholders are engaged in that might be worth replicating.

·        Make connections and reach out to other grantees that have witnessed significant increases in pharmacy adoption.

The Bright Spots report shows Indiana with a 3.40% increase in active e-prescription pharmacies from June 2010 to February 2012 with 92.17% of the 1239 pharmacies in the state actively using e-prescribing.  Indiana’s numbers have improved further according to the Surescripts data reported as of March 2012:

IHIT’s goal is to have 98% of the state’s pharmacies connected and actively e-prescribing by July 1, 2012. 

Click here to view a full copy of ONC’s report, State HIE Bright Spots Synthesis.