IdenTrust™, Inc. (part of HID Global®), a worldwide leader in identity solutions, and ScriptRx, Inc., a Florida-based healthcare technology company, recently jointly announced that the ScriptRx software application for EPCS has received certification to federally mandated standards by Drummond Group, Inc. IdenTrust digital identities are a key element in the certification, and used by the ScriptRx application and end users to link auditable proof of identity to electronic prescriptions.
E-Prescriptions, when deployed properly, reduce error and improve patient care while increasing the safety and convenience of medication distribution. At the same time, they also present the potential for new forms of fraud, privacy violations, and other forms of cybercrime. To combat this, the DEA Interim Final Rule (IFR) creates clear and careful boundaries for their creation and use. Before an application can be used to transmit e-prescriptions for controlled substances, its provider must successfully complete a third-party audit done by an entity such as Drummond Group.
