For the past 4 years I have used the EncounterPro EMR by JMJ Technologies. The signature of the person logged in IS printed on the prescription automatically (if they are assigned prescription writing privileges). According to JMJ this is a legal electronic signature stamp and is the same as using an ink signature stamp on prescriptions.
Also my nurse is able to "write my prescriptions" for me. Since EncounterPro recognizes that she does not have prescription writing privleges the scripts she writes are automatically sent to my inbox to "Review and Authorize". With the click of one button my signature is placed on the script and the now authorized and signed script is put back in her inbox. She then opens the message in her inbox and with a click it is faxed to the patient's pharmacy. I also have the option of faxing or printing the signed script myself.
My local pharmacies will not accept the AC "electronic signature statement" as a legal signature but do accept my signature printed electronically on the prescription without my having to handwrite or stamp my signature with an inked signature stamp.
