Computerized Prescription Drug Systems Adoption in 2010 by Healthcare Setting #1954938 (License: Personal Use)

This bar chart illustrates the percentage of U.S. healthcare providers using computerized systems for prescription drugs in 2010, segmented by setting: physician offices, hospital outpatient departments, hospital emergency departments, and residential care facilities. Key functions measured include ordering prescriptions, warning of drug interactions, electronic submission to pharmacies, and integrating patient allergies/medications into clinical notes. Hospital emergency departments showed highest adoption for comprehensive clinical note integration (66.0%), whereas residential care facilities consistently reported the lowest usage across all system types.

Used in health policy reports, academic articles, or healthcare IT dashboards to illustrate historical EHR/e-prescribing adoption trends; supports analysis of digital health infrastructure gaps prior to Meaningful Use incentives.