Using the Patient Chart > Using Patient Tracking > Additional Function Buttons
If you have set up your system with the HIPAA Privacy Acknowledgement Notification option selected on the System Options window, the software prompts you to have the patient complete a HIPAA acknowledgement when you open the patient chart.
If you use the eForms module, the HIPAA form must be completed prior to other documents.
To indicate that a patient has signed their HIPAA documentation and to add HIPAA comments to the Patient Tracking window:
Click HIPAA from the Patient Tracking window. The HIPAA Privacy Comment window is displayed.
Select the type of comment you want to add to patient tracking. Valid options are:
HIPAA Acknowledgement
HIPAA Consent
HIPAA Authorization
HIPAA Disclosure
HIPAA Complaint
To document the HIPAA privacy acknowledgment for this patient, select HIPAA Acknowledgement.
Type a comment in the field provided and click OK. The software adds the comment to this patient’s Patient Tracking window.