Electronic Prescription System with Multi-Factor Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for remote prescription and medication distribution lack effective patient identification and authentication, control over medicine circulation, and verification of authenticity, leading to potential abuse and the sale of counterfeit medicines.
Innovation Solution
An information system for electronic prescriptions that employs patient identification and authentication services using standard and multi-factor authentication methods, combined with a server for validating security elements to ensure the authenticity of medicines and control their circulation, from manufacturer to consumer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote ordering of medicines is implemented, then patient convenience is improved, but control over medicine circulation and verification of authenticity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an information system serving as an intermediary between patients, doctors, and pharmacies. This centralized platform tracks medicine circulation throughout the supply chain, verifies authenticity through integrated validation mechanisms, and maintains audit trails while enabling remote ordering operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where medicine circulation data is continuously monitored and reported back to authorized entities. The information system provides real-time or near-real-time feedback on medicine location, status, and authenticity verification results, enabling proactive control measures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If basic authentication is used for remote access, then system accessibility is improved, but patient identification reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication mechanism dynamically adapts its complexity based on the specific transaction context, medicine category, and risk assessment. The system can escalate from simple to multi-factor authentication as needed, maintaining both accessibility for routine operations and security for high-risk transactions.
Solution Approach 2:
Different levels of authentication are applied to different scenarios, patients, or medicine types based on local requirements. High-risk operations or certain patient categories trigger enhanced authentication protocols, while low-risk routine operations use streamlined processes.
3Reliability
If multi-factor authentication is implemented for controlled medicines, then security is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication system is segmented into modular components that can be independently configured and activated. Different authentication factors (biometric, knowledge-based, possession-based) are separate modules that can be combined as needed, allowing flexible implementation without monolithic complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts authentication parameters such as the number of factors required, the type of factors, and the verification stringency based on the medicine category, patient history, and transaction context. This allows high security for controlled substances while maintaining simpler processes for other medications.
4Reliability
If comprehensive control over medicine circulation is implemented, then authenticity verification is improved, but processing time deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions such as pre-validating medicine authenticity, pre-establishing patient authentication credentials, and pre-configuring approval workflows. By preparing these elements in advance, the actual verification and dispensing processes are accelerated without compromising comprehensive control.
Solution Approach 2:
The information system creates and manages digital copies of medicine records, authentication data, and circulation documentation. These electronic copies enable rapid verification and tracking without requiring physical inspection or manual processes, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining verification integrity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to the field of medicine, namely to a set of actions, technologies and measures used in provision of medical care by means of remote means for remote provision of patients with prescription medicines by means of the information system of electronic prescriptions. The method of automated provision of a patient with an electronic prescription for prescription medicines includes obtaining a unique electronic prescription identifier with prescribed medicines by a patient, which according to the methods of automated delivery of prescription medicines to a patient by means of a unique electronic prescription identifier includes obtaining the prescribed medicines by a patient personally in the points of sale of medicines or by remote delivery. The technical result of the proposed invention is to develop methods for provision of a patient with an electronic prescription and prescription medicines by means of the information system of electronic prescriptions that implement the possibility to verify originality of each individual medicine in the order and the entire order upon its receipt by means of the server of validation of security elements, error-free identification of a person and elimination of abuse and attempts of identity substitution during identification by means of convenient process of identification and authentication at all stages, different levels of control at the stages of prescribing and dispensing for certain groups of medicines, use of different levels of identification and authentication of the patient during dispensing of medicines, by means of standard and multi-factor authentication, control over circulation of medicines at each stage of their movement at the level of each individual primary package of the medicine by means of the goods movement recording service, control over authenticity of origin of the medicines at each stage of their movement by means of the server of validation of security elements.