Digital Signatures for Health Care & Pharma organizations

Introduction

More and more healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations worldwide are moving to electronic data management. The healthcare and pharmaceutical industry is buried under the load of paper work. This results in inefficiency, unnecessary paperwork, difficulties in records management and high costs. This sector is adopting electronic and digital signature solutions in compliance with regulatory requirements of various laws like HIPAA and 21 CFR Part 11. Switching over to electronic mode will help this sector to improve workflow efficiency, reduce costs and ease up data management.

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Regulations and compliance

The E-Lock Digital Signature solutions are compliant with


	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
	HIPAA calls for standardizing electronic data for improving efficiency and protecting the confidentiality and integrity of patients' health information.
	FDA's 21 CFR Part 11
	21 CFR Part 11 is a regulation that enables the use of electronic records and signatures in all companies regulated by the FDA. It makes electronic records as valid as paper records.

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E-Lock offerings for the Healthcare and Pharma Industries

HIPAA compliant electronic signatures facilitate health care industries to streamline the workflow and move towards a paperless environment making the processes more efficient and cost effective. HIPAA requires complete security, integrity and confidentiality of the signed documents, which is made available by the digital signature solutions from E-Lock.

E-Lock digital signing solutions can be customized according to the needs of the Health Care and Pharma organizations for the desired output. By understanding your business needs better, we can provide you the exact solution. If you would like to tell us more about your business objectives, or know how the E-Lock Signing and encryption solutions can be applied to suit your needs.

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Implementation and Benefits

E-Lock offers the modular approach for implementing the digital signature and encryption solutions. This approach enables easy integration in the present applications such as document management, workflow management, authentication and storage of data like the health records, insurance records, research reports, lab reports, patient consent forms etc making them secure, authentic, compliant and cost effective.

The Health Care and Pharmaceutical agencies can immensely benefit from shifting to electronic format :


	Confidentiality and security for documents / records
	Easy storage / archiving of documents
	Reduced processing cycle time
	Reduced operational costs (costs related to paper printing, filing, faxing etc)
	Easy electronic data management
	Compliance with worldwide e-signature legislation

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Case studies from Health Care and Pharma sector


	Z-Tech (Canada)
	Bracco Research (Switzerland)