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HEALTH AFFAIRS
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 205-211Publisher
PROJECT HOPE
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05247
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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 examined providers' access to these technologies across affected areas. Although e-prescribing and medication history transactions decreased considerably during each hurricane, transaction volumes returned to normal levels in the days immediately following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in Texas and Florida. E-prescribing activity in Puerto Rico did not return to baseline levels at all during the study period, and medication history transactions returned to normal only after an extended period following Hurricane Maria.
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