The report links this burst in adoption to the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, which offers financial incentives for e-prescribing, and the e-prescribing requirement of the meaningful use program.
Additionally, the percent of community pharmacies able to accept e-prescriptions increased from 76 percent in 2008 to 96 percent in 2014.
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