For example, in 2006, 24.2% of births in the United States received formula supplementation during the first two days of life and the goal of Healthy People 2020 is to reduce this percentage to 14.2% (Healthy People 2020, nd). Additionally, the Joint Commission just “ringed” my hospital because we are only a 6% exclusively breastfed hospital. The Joint Commission obtained this information based on electronic medical record data and analyzed it with other hospitals to see that we were well below average. Another way health IT is used for information derived from EHRs to improve the efficiency of care is as Kudyba said the EHR has electronic prescribing capabilities that include alerting a physician if a certain medication he prescribes cannot be combined with another, the EHR will also alert the doctor when a patient has a drug allergy and the doctor forgets, and checks the medication formulary. In conclusion, all of these elements improve the effectiveness of care, because if a patient is accidentally prescribed a drug to which they are fatally allergic, they can