Access To E-Prescriptions And Related Technologies Before And After Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, And Maria.

Jaime Y Smith¹, Max M Sow²

¹Jaime Y. Smith ( jaime.smith@surescripts.com ) is the principal researcher and statistician for the Division of Business Intelligence at Surescripts in Arlington, Virginia.

²Max M. Sow is vice president of the Division of Business Intelligence at Surescripts.

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Abstract

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria devastated parts of the US mainland and Puerto Rico during the 2017 hurricane season, causing loss of life and substantial damage and interrupting access to health care for many people in the hurricane impact zones. Using data on e-prescriptions and medication history transactions from a large health information network for the period August 2017-May 2018, we exa…

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