California Doctors Slow To Transition to E-Prescriptions

California physicians have been slow to adopt electronic prescribing technology because of the cost and steep learning curve. According to the California HealthCare Foundation, just 1.2% of prescriptions clinics and doctors in private practices wrote in 2007 in California were filed electronically. CHCF publishes California Healthline.

• "California Doctors Are Slow To Try Electronic Prescribing" (Calvan, Sacramento Bee, 2/25).