Electronic signature--as it is today.
Hospitals must change the way in which they provide care in order to survive in the changing healthcare environment. Some of these changes will be obvious while other changes will be challenged by both internal and external sources. It is to be expected when a major industry is in the middle of transition. The issues surrounding the use of autosignature programs exemplify this reaction. From this perspective, AHIMA believes current requirements and procedures must be critically questioned. Accrediting and regulatory agencies should actively engage in, and respond to, this conversation.
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D001319:Authorship; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D010820:Physicians; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States