3M ESA allows care providers to edit, complete and authenticate transcribed documents and scanned images online from PC workstations connected to a network. Physicians can use ESA from workstations throughout the hospital, clinics, their homes, or even when traveling. The complete authenticated documents can then be sent automatically to attending and referring physicians and retained for viewing and storage.
Key Features and Benefits include:
- Permits care providers to review, edit and approve documents using customized system configurations
- Improves document quality, yet reduces completion time and costs
- Provides all the same feature advantages, regardless of access—via network or Web
- Allows documents to be reviewed and approved by residents and allied health professionals and then finalized and signed by supervising providers
- Provides secure authentication of records
- Enables facilities to comply with regulations and legislation at facility, state and federal levels, by customizing electronic signature capabilities to match their policies and procedures
- Two-level signature feature to accommodate teaching environments, including insertion of qualifying text
- Personalized current list of documents for each care provider
- Group signature to accommodate needs of group practices
- Option to add additional clinicians to courtesy copy distribution list
- Electronic messaging available for easy communication between clinicians and transcriptionists
- Integrates with external workstation-based speech recognition applications to edit documents
3M Electronic Signature Authentication Software (PDF 81.4 KB)
Case Studies
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's transcription costs plummeted
and turnaround times dramatically improved. (PDF 225.7 KB)
Mary Washington Hospital's move from a manual paper-based system to an electronic
one had a significant impact on efficiency. (PDF 199.7 KB)
In less than a year, St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital scanned and transferred more than 1.5 million documents and forms to electronic files, trimming costs and increasing hospital-wide efficiency.
(PDF 94 KB)
Warren Hospital enabled faster access to patient documentation, saving at least $38,000 per year in the process. (PDF 441 KB)
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