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PRESCRIPTION MONITORING THROUGH
BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS
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Prescription monitoring programs are designed to
prevent the diversion of lawful prescription
medications through the unlawful practices of “doctor
shopping” and prescription fraud.
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According to the National Alliance for Medical State
Drug Laws (NAMSDL) , 26 States have currently
operational prescription monitoring program (PMP) for
controlled substances and abused medications (As of
12/07).
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They also cite evidence that prescription pain
medication abuse is reduced in States with proactive
monitoring systems.
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States that have been unable to pass PMP legislation
have often been blocked by interests with concerns
over privacy and potential abuses of database
information:
• Fear of over regulation of physicians and
pharmacies
• Patient fear of loss of privacy and
stigmatization
• Public health concerns associated with
abuse/theft of registry information
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BioScript Rx
TM
A unique prescription monitoring database software
that operates upon biometric identifiers rather than
generally identifiable patient information.
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BioScript Rx
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TM
Uniquely based upon the well-established reliability
and security of electronic fingerprinting technology.
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Benefits include:
• First system that matches patients among
doctors and pharmacies with built-in identification
confirmation
• A traceable paper trail that can be maintained for
purposes of legitimate investigation without
“profiling” or invasive regulation
• Protection of the Medical Industry and patients
from the consequences for Doctor shopping
without jeopardizing patient privacy
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Our proprietary technology:
• Allows us to reliably distinguish persons for the
purpose of identification and verification.
• Avoids the use of identifications that are easily
forged/stolen.
• Confirms with 100% certainty that the person
presenting the prescription is not obtaining
similar medications from alternative sources.
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Fingerprinting provides reliability:
•Each individual has a unique fingerprint.
•Fingerprinting has been used successfully
for decades in criminal investigations
•No two fingerprints have ever been found
to match in billions of comparisons.
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Standardization
1. Fingerprint device
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500 dpi reader.
Generous platen area (1.2 in²).
Meets and exceeds FBI appendix F.
2. Bridging the Gap
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OpenSSL universal encryption protocol.
Platform independent.
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FINGERPRINT DEVICE
1. Affordable
2. Universally adaptable
3. Easy to use
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Our Technology Partners:
Cross Match Technologies, Inc.
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First to be certified by the FBI for their image quality
standard.
Successfully used in country borders, dozens of airports
and seaports, hundreds of police stations, and many
corporate offices around the world
Global leader in providing high-quality interoperable
biometric identity applications and solutions.
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Demonstration
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Note:
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No part of the program may be accessed without
logging in by appropriately authorized
individuals.
Involves a two-fold login process.
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Log in Process:
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First, the program contacts our servers through a
secure connection with a unique SSL certificate.
The program verifies that the user is logging in from
the same terminal and that they have appropriate
access to the system.
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Once their identity has been verified, the program is
allowed to continue loading.
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The second part of the login process is to the local
database.
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Log-in process (cont.)
4.
Each installation uses an embedded SQL database
that has been encrypted with the master password.
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Even if the computer was stolen, for example, no
private data is exposed due to the AES encryption.
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Log-in process (cont.)
Log-In Screen
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Verification Process
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The main screen is where most of the work is done
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We require the patient's name, birth date and phone
number.
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Of note is that for every patient that is entered, a
unique 10 digit hexadecimal ID Number is generated
that uniquely identifies the patient within the local
database.
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Verification Process (cont.)
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To the right is the image area where a fingerprint
scan appears. This lets the user know that a
successful fingerprint was scanned.
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At the bottom is the log of all of today's events.
Previous days can also be accessed by changing the
date in the bottom right hand corner.
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Verification Process (cont.)
Patient Data Screen
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Verification Process (cont.)
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After looking up an existing patient or inserting the
new patient's information, we are presented with a
new object.
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The Medication object allows us to add the
medications to a batch list for submission.
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Verification Process (cont.)
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Medication object includes submitting the name of
the medication, the strength in milligrams, the
quantity and the frequency.
With this combined information ,we can determine
exactly how long this medication should last the
patient with prescribed usage
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Verification Process (cont.)
Submission confirmed
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Verification Process (cont.)
15. A pharmacist’s submission that does not raise any
flags will receive confirmation similar to the
prescriber.
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Verification Process (cont.)
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Popup alerts occur with certain flagged improper
submissions.
17. There are two different type of popup alerts:
• Critical
• Normal.
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Verification Process (cont.)
18. Critical alerts arise where there is evidence of
problems:
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Attempting to get additional prescriptions for
controlled medications from a second doctor
while medication prescribed (and/or filled) from
an original doctor.
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Attempting to fill a script that has already been
filled.
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Possible drug interactions.
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Verification Process (cont.)
Critical Alert Screen
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Verification Process (cont.)
19. Normal alerts can indicate mischief, but they can also
indicate a mistake. Possible reasons for a normal
alert:
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Scanning their finger in a completely different
manner than they did at the practitioner's
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Filling a forged script from a person who is not in
the system.
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The same practitioner prescribing more
medication to an existing patient whose only
outstanding medication was prescribed by the
same doctor.
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Verification Process (cont.)
Normal Alerts:
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Verification Process (cont.)
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Normal alerts do not require a password to
remove.
a. Because there is no clear evidence of problem,
they are only issued as warnings.
b. However, to force submission, they do require
passwords.
c. The database keeps track of the sending of
these normal alerts. However, it does not
require confirmation of receipt.
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Verification Process (cont.)
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All alerts are filed in the Messages for later review in
the form of an email box.
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Verification Process (cont.)
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Certain critical alerts have multiple recipients.
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A patient who attempts to get additional medication at
another doctor, for example, will have critical alerts
sent to both the first and second doctors.
A recipient will receive the other's contact information
with only the ID number of the patient.
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Core Concepts
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The most significant aspects of this system is
unseen.
The database interaction and resulting
alerts are what make this system unique and
successful.
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Core Concepts
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Although the interface appears the same to a
medical office or a pharmacy, they are dealt with
differently in the main database.
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When a batch is attempted by a medical office,
we check to see if the patient already has a
supply of outstanding medicine (filled or unfilled).
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Core Concepts (cont.)
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If the batch submission comes from either a
pharmacist or physician, the database checks
to see if they have outstanding prescriptions
matching the ones.
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This electronically confirms that the
prescriptions are genuine.
It ensures that the prescriptions as read by the
pharmacist mirrors the physician orders.
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Core Concepts (cont.)
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This chain of custody ensures that the patient is
filling only prescriptions from one source
(preventing “doctor shopping”) and that the
prescription remains as written (preventing both
transcription errors and prescription alteration).
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Core Concepts (cont.)
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This system also completely eliminates
prescription fraud and forgery,
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preventing the illegal duplication and resubmission of
a single script,
preventing the forgery of new prescriptions, even by
someone that does not have a fingerprint in the
database.
Potentially saving millions to Medicaid and third party
payers who are victimized by such fraud.
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Core Concepts (cont.)
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The system is flexible enough to permit law
enforcement access that would allow either
proactive monitoring, if desired, and the ability to
run a perpetrator’s prints to identify sources of
medication diversion.
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System Advantages:
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Elimination of fraudulent and abusive billing to
Medicaid and other health insurers.
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Increased practitioner comfort level with the
patient’s use of controlled substances.
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Benefits (cont’d)
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Controlled substances prescription checks that
are quick, convenient and do not place undue
burdens or costs on pharmacies.
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Saving lives through prevention of the
diversion of legitimate medications.
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Summary
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BioScriptRx is a unique prescription monitoring
database software based on fingerprinting
technology that is practical, affordable and provides
greater assurance of patient privacy.