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Healthcare documentation – An overview<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Anyone that\u2019s been admitted to a healthcare institution or had to undergo any sort of medical procedure will know how \u201cdocument-heavy\u201d hospitals tend to be. From insurance pre-verification documents and medical procedure slips to prescriptions and patient reports – nearly all the documentation involved tends to be paper-based and handled manually.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The results of employing these procedures are pretty dire as the productivity of healthcare professionals and the efficiency of hospitals have both dipped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>surveys in 2018<\/a><\/strong>, nearly 70% of doctors spend<\/a> more than ten working hours a week on paperwork, and a little over 30% of doctors spend more than 20 hours<\/a> a week on medical documentation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t just productivity problems that plague the healthcare sector. Medical paperwork costs the healthcare sector nearly <\/span>USD 812 billion annually<\/a><\/strong> and accounts for nearly 30% of patients\u2019 expenses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How do healthcare institutions address these problems?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leveraging an <\/span>eSign workflow solution<\/a><\/strong> to create documents instantly, get these remotely eSigned by multiple parties, and have them stored securely; makes a huge difference and has been shown to save administrators an average of 120 hours per medical document.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But this is just one reason for hospitals to get onboard with eSign-based document automation<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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6 reasons to digitally sign healthcare documents<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Digitally approving and signing documents is emerging as a benchmark for the healthcare sector<\/a>, primarily due to the rise in demand for digital and \u201csocially distanced\u201d solutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are six reasons why hospitals should digitize their paper-based documentation procedures right away.<\/span><\/p>\n