Using Electronic Signatures
Summary
Net Health Employee Health and Occupational Medicine include a powerful capability for capturing and printing electronic digital signatures for providers, physicians, and case managers. Once captured, a user's electronic signature is available in the software for attaching to and locking charting notes, as well as printing forms requiring a signature. All signatures are password protected and require proper password authorization for use. With the software you can sign and e-mail or fax hour charting notes, drug screen reports, audiometry screening reports, and other forms that used to require printing and manual signature.
When a signature is added to a charting note from the [Generate Patient EMR Charting Note] window, the note will be locked and alterations will not be possible. A cosignature can also be added.
A signature can also be attached to a visit record when the Work Status or Encounter Summary form is printed. If attached, the signature will be printed with the form, and will remain a permanent part of the visit record.
To enable the use of electronic signatures, certain parameters must be set on the [Clinic Systems Parameters] window.
A user's electronic signature is captured as part of the user code setup. You must have a digital signature pad already connected to the work station being used for the setup.
What Do You Want To Do?
Attach an electronic signature to a document
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On the [Electronic Signature Authorization] window have the user whose signature is being attached enter the correct user code and password.
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Click OK.
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If you get a message which says "This user does not have an electronic signature on file." then contact your Security Administrator about having the user's signature captured.
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If you have an digital signature pad connected to the work station you are using, you can capture the signature on a one time basis:
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