MFA for Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) - Flow

This topic describes the flow for multifactor authentication (MFA) for Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) using Epic Hyperspace.

  1. The user launches the Epic Hyperspace client and begins the EPCS workflow.
  2. The user is prompted for a username/password combination, which is sent to Active Directory.
  3. Active Directory authenticates the user.
  4. EPCS uses the agent to call Okta for MFA.
  5. The user may be prompted for MFA credentials if it's required by policies.
  6. The MFA credentials are verified, the and the user is signed in to Hyperdrive.