Originally Posted by Steven
According to everything I have read - you can fax III-V with a signature on it - assume that is why the palm program worked the way it did. The rules for e prescribing where it sends DATA not a fax without a reproduction of your actual signature says that you cant even send Schedule V (lyrica) - royal pain, the new DEA regs for scrips look very onerous to be able to finally do scheduled - mention of fingerprint scanner, iris scan, first born child or something, but I hope that will eventually work.

I think any of the above are a bit over the top.
I think ePrescribe combined with a token system (controlled substances) +/- password would work fine.
The token gives a four to six digit code every ten seconds, that you enter into the prescription module. Our hospital uses it, and if its good enough for them (to protect ALL hospital patient data), it's probably good enough for ePrescribe.
Remember, all I would have to do to allow another person to access the hospital data would be to give them my token or (as it now stands)my username and password.

Bert
Pediatrics
Brewer, Maine