The Tennessee Perscription Safety Program uses tokens and registration to reduce prescription fraud. The state has the second highest per capita prescription drug spending in the US.

Through the use of card swipe technology PSP will be the first in the country to immediately track the validity of a prescription in physician offices and pharmacies. The program uses the same technology utilized by financial networks to validate a credit card purchase.

The system is meant to give “warning signals” for problem patients and prevent common attack methods. Paper prescriptions can be easily modified, for example, whereas the cards are intended to be more resistant.