The "Report Footer" screen is used to define the "signature block" that goes at the end of the body of the report. It usually is made up of various bracketed fields that will merge in the dictating provider's name, dictation date, transcription date, etc. The report footer is normally automatically appended to the body format when a new report is started.
Auto-Orphan Control
When the "Orphan Control" setting is "Automatic" on the form's Formatting page, you must insert two special bookmarks that will signify the beginning and the ending of the report footer. These special bookmarks can be inserted by doing a right-click to bring up the popup menu, then selecting "Insert Signature Line *START*" or "Insert Signature Line *END*". These will appear in red and should not be deleted or altered.
Methods for handling signature lines
You can design the signature line area of the report footer using many different techniques. For example, if typical signature line could be designed like this:
_____________________________________
[r.doctor.d.docname:pc)
This will print a line for signing on and the provider's name underneath in propercase. This will work fine if there will always be only one person signing the report and no electronic signature is being used. If electronic signature is being used and only one person will be signing, then you can use the following:
[r.status )
______________________________________
[r.doctor.d.docname:pc)
The "[r.status )" will be replaced with the electronic signature text to indicate either a preliminary or signed report. The actual text used default to "Preliminary report (not signed by dictating provider)" or "Electronically signed by [name] on [date]". If some other text should be used, you can create your own phrases for preliminary and signed reports by specifying the text on the "Misc" page of the Sites table.
Recommended method for handling signature lines using [X.SIGNATURES:S1]
Although the above two methods work fine in most cases, they will not work if the report requires two signatures. To handle reports that may need to be signed (either manually or electronically) by a second provider, use [x.signatures:s1]. This will handle all cases of reports requiring one or two signatues and will create the signature lines appropriately.
For two signatures to appear, the following logic is followed:
1. The form must have a field that points to the DOCTOR database field listed in the report data fields list.
2. The form must have a field that points to the ATTDR database field listed in the report data fields list.
3. The dictating doctor must have the "This provider requires a co-signature from the attending provider" flag checked in their Provider record.
4. The dictating and attending providers must be different
The [x.signatures] field allows for two format codes to be used. ":S1" will insert underscore lines for signing on and will convert provider names to propercase. ":S2" will insert underscore lines for signing on and will not convert the provider names to propercase.