Patent ID: 8335697

Claim:
A system for managing controlled substance prescriptions comprising: a central server having a processor, said central server having tables comprising a database for receiving, processing, and storing prescription information and non-identifying patient information, the central server cross referencing the non-identifying patient information only to at least one of a patient's biometric data and an alphanumeric number; a computer network, said network providing electronic communications between said central server and one or more computers; at least one pharmacy connected to a first computer, said computer being connected to said computer network; a biometric reader reading identifying biometric data from a physician writing a prescription; and at least a second computer communicating with said biometric reader and recording prescription information into said second computer and cross-referencing said prescription information with said biometric data from the physician and creating an authorization associated with the prescription as a function of at least the biometric data from the physician, the authorization being part of the prescription information; the second computer communicating said prescription information to said central server across said computer network; the processor of the central server processing said prescription information with said non-identifying patient information and said at least one of the patient's biometric data and the alphanumeric number at said central server to determine whether said prescription should be filled, and communicating the result of said determination across said network to said first computer.