Business
Walgreens sets e-Rx record
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted May 4, 2009
Walgreen Co. announced that it set a record in March for the number of prescriptions it received electronically.
The Deerfield, Ill.-based drugstore chain said it filled 3.1 million prescriptions electronically, a 211% increase compared with March 2008. In all, the electronic prescriptions accounted for about 15% of all prescriptions filled at Walgreens stores.
The company estimates it will fill 40 million electronic prescriptions this year, compared with 15 million last year.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/05/04/bibf0504.htm.