Using a digital signature to apply multiple signatures on a healthcare consent form.

1. Digital Signatures for Healthcare

3. On either Word or PDF documents, a physician may use his digital signature
license to capture the patient’s electronic/graphical signature and then
countersign and seal the form using his digital signature.

4. When the patient is ready to sign, the
physician right-clicks on the signature
field and selects Sign.

5. The physician is challenged for his
User name and password.

6. The patient’s signature will be
captured using a Tablet PC or mouse.

7. Once her signature is captured, she
clicks OK.

8. The patient’s signature appears on the document, and
the physician may now countersign the consent form.

9. He right-clicks on his signature field
and selects Sign.

10. After selecting his signature image,
he clicks Sign.

11. The consent form is electronically signed by the patient
and now digitally signed and sealed by the physician.

12. Digital signatures are the only standard established for
electronic signatures, which guarantees signer identity,
intent, and document integrity.

13. CoSign facilitates compliance with HIPAA Security regulations that call
for procedures to corroborate that information has not been altered.

14. CoSign ensures that electronically transmitted information is not
improperly modified without detection.

15. By right-clicking on the
physician’s signature…

16. We may view the Signature Details.

17. The certificate is valid, and anyone can
confirm the physician’s identity.

18. The digitally signed form can now be added to the patient's electronic
medical record, whether that takes the form of an EMR, a document
management system, or any other type of electronic archive.

19. Contact ARX:
sales@arx.com
(415) 839 8161
www.arx.com