Add an Esignature Tag

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Modify or Clear an Esignature Tag

Select and right-click the System Esignature data field you want to modify, and then select Modify Esignature Tag. The Esignature Tag window opens. Modify the tag name and then select OK. To clear an electronic signature tag, right-click the system esignature data field and then select Clear Signature Tag. Parent topic: Setting up Electronic Signatures

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Insert a System Esignature Data Field

Open a form from the Forms Enhanced window. In the Data Repository panel, expand the System Information data field group. Do one of the following: Drag the System Esignature data field and place it on the form. Place the cursor where you want to add the data field and double-click System Esignature data field. The <SystemEsignature> data field appears on the form. Note: When you save a form that contains at least one System Esignature data field, the Require Esignature check box in the Esignature Options group on the Home tab is automatically selected. Parent topic: Setting up Electronic Signatures

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Delete a System Esignature Data Field

Open an existing form from the Forms Enhanced window. Select and right-click the System Esignature data field you want to delete. Select Delete. The selected System Esignature data field is deleted. Parent topic: Setting up Electronic Signatures

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Resize an Esignature Image

You can modify the Esignature image size within the Esignature Image Size window after enabling the Require Esignature check box in the Esignature Options group on the Home tab of the form. You must save the form with an Esignature data field to enable the Require Esignature check box. Open an existing form from the Forms Enhanced window. On the Home tab, in the Esignature Options group, select Esignature Size. The Esignature Image Size window opens. Do one of the following: In the Height box, enter the height of the electronic signature image in pixels to automatically adjust the width as per the aspect ratio. Clear the Auto Scale Height/Width check box and then enter the height and width of the electronic signature image in pixels in the Height and Width boxes respectively. Note: By default, the Auto Scale Height/Width check box is selected. For height, you can enter a minimum pixel value of 40 and a maximum value of 200. For width, you can enter a minimum pixel value of 80 and a max

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Setting up Electronic Signatures

The Electronic Signature feature in the Forms Enhanced master file enables you to add multiple System Esignature data fields to forms so that you can capture electronic signatures in NextGen® Enterprise PM. You can also modify the Esignature Image size, add an Esignature Tag, and modify or clear an Esignature Tag. Insert a System Esignature Data Field Delete a System Esignature Data Field Resize an Esignature Image Add an Esignature Tag Modify or Clear an Esignature Tag Parent topic: Forms Enhanced

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

NextGen PM Electronic Signature Window - Field Descriptions

The following table describes the fields of the NextGen PM Electronic Signature window. Field Description Esignature Tags panel Includes Esignature Tags and System Esignature data fields under each tag. For example, if the Patient Esignature Tag appears twice in a form, then the Esignature Tags panel displays the tag name, which is Patient, and the number of times the tag appears as Esignature 1 and Esignature 2 under Patient. If you do not assign an Esignature Tag to an Esignature data field in File Maintenance, then then system automatically assigns a tag as Default and displays as Default 1, Default 2 and so on. Capture Window section Begin Capture Begins capturing electronic signatures and activates other fields in the Capture Window section. Clear/Restart Clears the electronic signature. You can sign again after selecting Clear/Restart. Done Captures the electronic signature. Cancel Cancels the electronic signature. You must select Being Capture again to capture electronic signatu

Add an Esignature Tag

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NextGen PM Electronic Signature Window - Field Descriptions

Modify or Clear an Esignature Tag

Insert a System Esignature Data Field

Delete a System Esignature Data Field

Resize an Esignature Image

Setting up Electronic Signatures

NextGen PM Electronic Signature Window - Field Descriptions