[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1678892785514{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]As Ling Chu, MD, Associate CMIO at UT Southwestern and David Wetherhold, MD, CMIO at Scripps Health discussed at the SI Clinical Informatics Summit, theft of provider identity is a growing concern. Recently, David was alerted to suspicious controlled substance refill attempts using a colleague’s details. Fortunately, the pharmacist noticed the provider’s phone number didn’t match previous records and the attempts were blocked.

Ling later experienced a similar situation, and thanks to David’s advice, was able to quickly act and involve her legal and compliance teams. It was determined that the prescriptions had been created by a small, cloud-based EMR in a two-provider practice near Phoenix and the electronic prescriber ID (EPID) had been created recently with a stolen identity.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text wpf_visibility=”loggedin” wpf_tags=”77, 84″ css=”.vc_custom_1678892829920{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]Read the publication ›› [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]View the Event page for materials and attendees[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text wpf_visibility=”loggedout”]Login to read this report if you are part of an Affinity Group[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text wpf_visibility=”loggedin” wpf_tags_not=”77, 84″]

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