Where is the best place in an electronic drug record keeping system to require positive identification?
Ideally, the prompt requesting positive identification should be at the conclusion of a drug transaction. For example, when a prescriber issues a prescription, the last thing he/she does is sign the prescription. Realistically, it only makes sense to document the drug transaction with positive identification after the completion of an act. Positive identification required at log-in does not document the specific drug transaction and causes other security problems. For example, a nurse really does not document the administration of a medication when she logs in to an electronic drug record keeping system. When a nurse used a paper medication administration record he/she was required to document the administration after the drug was administered. Again, ideally that is what should occur with an electronic drug record keeping system. As noted above, an electronic drug record keeping system that requires positive identification only at log-in security problems arise. For example, if a user
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