Posted on Wed, Aug 04, 2010
Many professionals dream of a "paperless office." No paper equals no paperwork, right? For physicians the day has come where satisfying patient clinical encounters come and go without the hassle and aggravation of finding and reviewing mounds of medical records for each patient. Missing charts and misplaced labs no longer have to exist.
In the past, the percentage of revenue invested for information technology in the
health care industry has been significantly less than other major industries, such as financial services. With health care being an information intensive endeavor, the complexity of the information needs, and the reluctance of some physicians in health care to adapt effectively to paperless solutions.
There are several reasons why businesses don't begin the paperless process, some of those reasons are:It is not the way we do it.
I don’t know where to start.
It is too expensive.
It’s unreliable.
Confidentiality is compromised.
The whole world is not doing it.
It decreases productivity.
There are a variety of physicians practice management software applications that have been developed, and now there are digital signature solutions for the health care industry as well. By using a digital signature solution, you are able to cure some of the immediate challenges - improving patient care, controlling costs, meeting government regulations.
The result is streamlining and integrating your health care processes – administrative and patient-related records, documents, forms and business communications which allows you to reduce costs and increase the amount of time spent on patient care.
Digital signatures replace the paper and pen in a fast paced environment, and slow and expensive paper-based approval processes with fast, low-cost, and fully digital processes with the patient, throughout the health care industry.
Posted on Mon, Jul 12, 2010
Organizations have become increasingly confused about their
digital signature software options due to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN). This act officially gives electronic signatures the same legal standing as handwritten ones.
As a result, terms such as digital signature software and electronic signature software are often used interchangeably, even though both technologies are very different. So what is the difference?
Digital signature software is the result of a cryptographic operation. The digital signature software technology guarantees data integrity and non-repudiation of transactions. This ensures that the digital signature cannot be copied, altered, or corrupted.
Standard e-signature solutions have focused on low risk transactions and low volume applications. “SIGNiX SIGNOLOGY is the next-generation solution that delivers significant value to companies by allowing business critical applications involving important legal and financial transactions to be digitally signed as part of a fully automated electronic process.
Authenticity: The digital signature helps to assure that the signer is who he or she claims to be.
Integrity: The digital signature ensures that the content has not been changed or tampered with since the document was digitally signed.
Non-Repudiation: The digital signature helps prove the origin of the signed content to all parties. "Repudiation" refers to the act of a signer denying any association with the signed content.
By integrating SIGNiX into your workflow, you’ll be a few steps ahead of competitors who have yet to embrace electronic signatures and document processing. Plus you can do more with less:
Better, faster service to your customers, with lower costs and more efficient use of resources
More electronic capabilities and capacity available when you need it without discarding your existing business processes or legacy systems
Immediate return on investment with limited or no up-front capital expenditures, and no long, expensive implementation projects
In today’s competitive business world, superior customer service is a must. That’s where SIGNiX becomes your competitive advantage. Instead of asking the consumer to wait up to a week or more while you print, collate and courier a stack of paper documents for their signature, SIGNiX allows you to deliver mission critical business documents online - for immediate execution.
Posted on Fri, Jul 09, 2010
The growing adoption of digital signatures in the Health Care industry can be attributed to the need for administrative efficiency and improved record/data management. Also, legislation has been passed in countries around the globe, mandating the protection of patients' digital medical records.
The benefits that health care organizations have obtained from digital signatures include all of the above and more, not to mention cost savings. The South Carolina Department of Mental Health saved over $4 million dollars in the first year of implementing digital signatures solely from eliminating the need to print and route thousands of documents daily across their ten locations.
Despite the growing acceptance of digital signatures among health care organizations, many are still left in the dark. Providers are so accustomed to using paper for signature approval processes that they often don’t recognize the disadvantages of doing so. They’re often quite aware of how significant the benefits can be from turning their paper-based approval processes into electronic, but they don’t realize that it’s not “all or nothing”.
SIGNIX SIGNOLOGY is a complete enterprise signature solution which introduces enhanced capabilities that support diverse and complex signing processes of documents, forms and business communications with a range of security that fits your signing needs while mitigating risk and reducing costs.
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digital signing solutions can be customized according to the needs of the enterprise. Any SIGNiX SIGNOLOGY solution assures a trustworthy, authenticated paperless transaction, while automating and speeding up the business process, improving staff productivity and providing a quick return on investment (ROI).
Digital signatures are inserted into the document and easily travel electronically to their destination, assuring the sender, the signee, data integrity and overall trust. SIGNOLOGY solutions can be seamlessly integrated with any business application without needing to change the existing workflow.
Posted on Mon, Jun 28, 2010
Organizations are adopting tools that are affordable, and yet faster and simpler than traditional ones. This ‘cost-effective’ business approach is at the core of growing paperless environment. As we move ahead, paperless procedures will become much more broad in their scope.
Nearly all industries are adopting digital signatures in one way or the other. From external communications to internal communications, digitally signed electronic documents have changed the way communications take place. Faster, simpler, yet secure and confidential, these communications have ignited the competition amongst businesses like never before. Digital signature software providers are customizing their products to meet the various requirements of different industries to serve their customers more efficiently and effectively.
Digital signatures are a tool to garner customers' confidence and support. At the core of this is is the legal validity of digital signatures. From banking transactions to medial records, and from online loan applications to tendering, digital signatures have the the ability to transform hectic business processes into simpler, less wasteful ones.The legal validity of digital signatures and the tools for securing the integrity of the digitally signed documents is fueling the acceptance of digital signatures in various industries. This legal validity is helping not only the end users, but also organizations to reach out to larger customer bases with innovation and simplicity.
The legal validity to digital signatures has changed the landscape of e-commerce globally. Some of the more popular applications are: e-banking, e-tendering, and e-procurement, e-approvals, and many other applications. e-Commerce is reaching new milestones everyday with the help of legally valid digital signatures. While assuring authentication and non-repudiation, digital signature technology maintains integrity and confidentiality of digitally signed electronic documents.
Several countries have laws that assign legal validity to digital signatures. Along with the security aspects, digital signatures also help businesses go paperless and be more efficient while saving on expenses associated with a "wet-signature" operation.
Some of the digital/electronic signature laws and regulations across the world put in place to encourage e-transactions:
* ESIGN Act (Electronic Signature in Global and National Commerce Act)
* UETA (Uniform Electronic Commerce Act)
* GPEA (Government Paperwork Elimination Act)
* EU law (EU Directive for Electronic Signatures)
* US DoD JITC (Joint Interoperability Test Command)
* Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
* SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
* 21 CFR Part 11
* Indian IT Act 2000
Worldwide legislation regarding this technology has fueled it's acceptance in every possible business, from banking to insurance, and from health care to retail, the common consensus is moving towards digitally signed electronic documents, saving time, money, and paper.
Posted on Wed, Jun 16, 2010
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Posted on Mon, Jan 04, 2010
| SIGNiX has just announced that their hosted e-signature service has been integrated with Laser App Software, the leading provider of forms for the brokerage industry. |
There is great interest within the brokerage industry in utilizing electronic signatures to improve efficiency, and our joint solution allows securities firms to reduce costs, eliminate delays and better serve their customers. Industry interest in capitalizing on these compelling benefits has clearly accelerated, as reflected by a recent petition electronically signed by more than 100 leading brokerage executives urging broad adoption of this technology within their industry.
The SIGNiX integration with LaserApps results in a paperless and fully automated solution that facilitates straight through processing for Laser App's customers.
About Laser App Software: Laser App Software, based in Ontario, California, is the financial industry standard in forms filling technology. Over the last 15 years, Laser App has developed relationships with 330 broker-dealers and over 300 product carriers. In addition to maintaining current forms, Laser App enables users to seamlessly transmit form data and electronically signed images.
Please visit the following link to learn more about electronic signature software for broker/dealers.
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