On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 08:41, Elpidio Latorilla wrote: > issue was raised today by an employee of my customer. Can we integrate a > digitial signiture into the prescription order process especially for level > 2 narcotics. That will be sent automatically in and encrypted format to the > customers pharamacy of choice. If so how would we do it. > > We would need to include in the script the physicians DEA number, a > relationship to all narcotics or controlled substances that will create a > log of scripts for review at the end of the day written by this physician to > head off improper or forged scripts.
I think this will be difficult to implement at an international level of use. The biggest problem will be that many pharmacies are not on the net constantly, or even at all in many cases. Secondly, various countries handle drug purchases differently. For example, we are currently working on integrating what is known as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in Care2x here in Australia. This scheme is basically to allow general population to get subsidies on many prescription drugs. There are strict rules and protocols to adhere to when filling out a prescription to allow this to happen and be tracked. I would think there are other similar situations in different countries around the world. I certainly think that securing the default ordering methods to use proper security with certificates etc would be an advantage no matter what your country of origin. Regards Jonathon ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
