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The Minnesota Department of Health reiterates that there is currently no enforcement mechanism for not complying with the state’s e-Prescribing mandate. Reinforcement of the Mandate, or Lack Thereof However, the climb from 2011-2013 was slow yet steady. We can see that there was a pretty steep jump in 2011, which is when the mandate went into effect. They’ve provided the following chart to demonstrate the increase in e-Prescribing transactions since 2008: According to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Minnesota measures the status of e-Prescribing in three ways: total transactions, enabled pharmacies, and prescriber utilization. Minnesota was the first state to create an e-Prescribing mandate, which was intended to push all prescribers to establish and maintain an electronic prescription program that complied with state standards (listed here), effective January 1, 2011. There are currently 3 states which have this e-Prescribing mandate: New York, Maine, and Minnesota and many more that already have legislation in the works for an e-Prescribing mandate. With so many known benefits of e-Prescribing, and also because of the nationwide opioid epidemic, many states are getting on board the mandate train, which requires that by law, all prescribers must submit prescriptions electronically. This inevitably helps them make more knowledgeable and appropriate choices when prescribing scheduled medications.

On top of that, with the addition of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) now implemented in all 50 states, prescribers are able to see all pertinent data that has been pulled from the patient’s electronic health record (EHR). With e-Prescribing, the ability to forge prescriptions is completely taken off the table. Additionally, the ability to electronically prescribe controlled substances (also known as EPCS) greatly reduces fraud while preventing patients from being able to “doctor shop”, or receive multiple prescriptions for the same drug via different prescribers.Īccording to Paul Uhrig, Chief Legal Officer for Surescripts, between 3-9% of all opioid abusers use or have used forged prescriptions. Many professionals agree that eRx greatly improves patient safety and reduces overall health care costs by lowering potential medication errors. It’s no secret that e-Prescribing has its benefits.