That said, the study concluded that most physicians who had switched to e-prescribing would not go back to paper. The report, entitled Physicians' Experiences Using Commercial E-Prescribing Systems, is based on interviews with doctors at 21 different practices: four with between five and 10 physicians; five with between 11 and 20; six with between 51 and 100; and six with more than 100.
"We talked to very different folks, but we got very strikingly similar results," Grossman said. "There hasn’t been a lot of research on looking at IT use in physician practices—on the nitty-gritty of what it takes to get these systems up and running."
In exploring how physicians use e-prescribing and what created barriers and made the process easier, one constant that researchers found was that roll outs were difficult and required substantial human and financial resources. As a result, Grossman said they found no examples of "relatively simple 'plug-and-play' applications."
Source: Modern Healthcare Online
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