Question: Why do you ask for my DEA# when registering?

At Bluefish Wireless we understand your concerns regarding the privacy and confidentiality of your DEA#. We have two reasons for asking for your DEA#.

1. We need to confirm that you are authorized to write prescriptions. If you have purchased the coding tools alone you can supply us with your hot sync name as an alternative to your DEA#.

2. We will use your DEA# to generate your unlock code which in turn is used to create a unique key to encrypt your patient data. This is important as many people have generic hot sync names and common first and last names.

The DEA# ensures we have a unique identifier which is crucial for synchronization of patient data between handhelds. If you are a solo practitioner this may not be important but in a multiple physician practice guaranteeing the uniqueness of this key is crucial. When designing
BluefishRx we determined that the best way of achieving this was to use the users DEA#.

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