There are many such reports. It's too easy to fill out these forms for the online prescribing doctors to read. There are reports that orders have been filled for Viagara for men who would be 100 years old, for people who are at risk of cardiac complications based on their medical history that they have put on the form, for people who are obese or obviously underweight based on the form. These incidents suggest that, in some cases, the forms are not only easy to falsify but, in many cases, they're not even being read and orders are being filled. This chat is an excellent example of the positive characteristics of the electronic revolution that we're all taking part in.
All revolutions create new problems.
But here, we're using this medium to address one of these problems. This is a fine example of the opportunities for positive change that the Internet creates. I think that we can identify the problem in this case and we can manage it while letting the Net fulfill its potential. The Web Copyright 2001 ABC News Internet Ventures.