E-drug: Electronic prescribing (cont'd)
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Tom,
To clarify the points with regard to signature security:
When a physician/provider obtains staff privileges, the official
signature will be written in a designated area, such as medical
records, or the Medical Staff Services Office, in front of the director of
the particular dept. These signatures will be kept in a secured place.
The PIN would be assigned at the time that staff privileges are
awarded. The PIN would be known (ideally) only to the individual
physician & the the computer services department, which would
assign it.
It all sounds complex, but it should help tighten security with regard
to falsification of doctor's orders.
Peter
Peter Kambic, M.D., P.Ph.
ret. State Peer Review Org.
e-mail: p028673b@pb.seflin.org
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