About this Dataset

Electronic Prescribing Adoption And Use By County

Electronic prescribing (eRx) is a key component of the meaningful use of health IT to improve health care quality and lower costs. This dataset includes county-level electronic prescribing (eRx) and health information exchange activity by community pharmacies and office-based health care providers active through the Surescripts Network. Surescripts is a health information network, and ONC procured electronic prescribing activity data conducted within its network from December 2008 through April 2014. The Surescripts network is used by the majority of all U.S. community pharmacies to rout prescriptions, excluding closed systems such as Kaiser Permanente. These include chain, franchise, and independently owned pharmacies. Data for annual percentages of new and renewal prescriptions routed through the Surescripts network exclude controlled substances. You may view more information about Surescripts, contact the company, and access more network data through the company's official site.
Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Last updated: 2022-01-25T02:03:57.103697
Tags: county, doctors, e-prescribing, ehr, electronic-prescribing, health-information, health-it, physicians

Tables

Surescripts County 04-2014

@usgov.hhs_gov_electronic_prescribing_adoption_and_use_by_county.surescripts_county_04_2014

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2,937 rows
8 columns

CREATE TABLE surescripts_county_04_2014 (
  "region" VARCHAR,
  "region_code" VARCHAR,
  "county_name" VARCHAR,
  "state_fips" BIGINT,
  "county_fips" BIGINT,
  "fips" BIGINT,
  "period" TIMESTAMP,
  "percent_of_physicians_actively_using_an_ehr_to_e_presc_c7c7849a" DOUBLE  -- Percent Of Physicians Actively Using An EHR To E-Prescribe Via The Surescripts Network
);