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Our hospital just thought of a new way to make life miserable. They now reject printed orders for lab work unless I physically sign the order. They will not accept the computer generated order from AC since it does not say "electronically signed by" next to my printed name. This was never an issue for the past 6 years, but now I have to physically sign every order sent to the hospital. Perhaps the Amazing Charts gurus can add that line of text into the order when it is printed...?

Counting the days to retirement...

Ed,

Do you use Updox? This would be an extra step or two, but you could send the order to Updox workspace, sign with an electronic signature, date and time stamp it and have your nurse e-fax or secure message it to the hospital lab.

It is not terribly burdensome, other than when my nurse says, " have you signed the darn order yet so I can send it!"

When I print out an order sheet from the orders section, it states "Electronically signed by:"
As I recall, this has been there for a long time. What version are you using, or how are you generating the orders?

Jimmie, I dont have updox. Our internet connection sucks and I could not deal with every form having to upload to Updox before processing it.

Wendell, I am using AC Ver. 6.3.3. I hit "write orders"., and hit the "other" tab then write my order, print it to the front desk and the patient takes it. I tried writing the order under the labs or imaging tab, but when I print it, it just has my name. It does not remark "electronically signed by".

Ed,

There are three ways around this. Our hospital will not take Electronically Signed By either. It must say Digitally Signed By.

#1 We made a new user called First name (Digitally signed by) Last Name (Albert Adams, M.D.)

User Name Zsignature Password Whatever.

Now on the right we always choose ZSignature which gives us Digitally Signed By for labs AND

faxes so we don't forget.

#2 Use a transparent signature. You can do it by learning here or have a professional do it online. He's good. Make sure you don't go out of your way to make it look good, you want it tall so it automatically traces over where it says signature or whatever.

#3 I did this and got away with it. Lab was cool, I could have finger painted it on. But x-ray was hard [censored]. I sat down with them and asked them what I needed to be HIPAA compliant. They gave me a list, I went back and circled everything and sent it in. They bought it even though I had like six out of 15, lol.

My guess is Digitally signed by will work.

Thanks Bert, I will give those a try.