Nancy
A google search yielded the following from
http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.co...tory-epcs-e-prescribing-1-year?page=full" For the month of January, only slightly more than 21,000 EPCS transactions occurred between providers and pharmacies in the Surescripts network, compared to a total of more than 7.3 million electronic prescription transactions in New York, according to Surescripts.
Pharmacies took the lead with EPCS just as they did with traditional e-prescribing, said David Yakimischak, Surescripts? executive vice president and general manager.
?[Pharmacies] made the investments and got ready...which was attractive for the doctors. If the doctors were to go first and there were no pharmacies to talk to, why would they do it?? he said. ?So now it is a matter of doctors, EMRs, and provider networks getting ready to do the things they need to do [to become EPCS enabled].?
So, it seems that we'll be able to use the system, even if not mandated yet.
