Imprivata Confirm ID™ is the most complete, end-to-end solution for meeting all of the DEA requirements, including reporting, to help organizations ensure security and compliance throughout the entire EPCS process.
Security concerns continue to grow for healthcare organizations as systems integrate new technologies and as electronic patient health information (PHI) proliferates all aspects of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). However, increased security measures can quickly turn in to clinical roadblocks as providers spend more time interacting with security barriers and less time face-to-face with patients.
Massachusetts lawmakers recently passed legislation that requires providers and pharmacies to switch to electronic prescribing of opioid medication by 2020, further validating the significant role technology can play in combatting our national prescription drug abuse epidemic.
Passed by the Mass. state House of Representatives, the bill represents the latest legislative push to create a more secure opioid distribution chain by requiring that prescriptions for controlled substances be completed electronically.