As a dental practice, you are required to secure your patients’ records, which includes their clinical notes—legal records of patient care. Signing clinical notes locks them from tampering, as they can no longer be edited or deleted. In addition, to further protect your notes, Dentrix Ascend requires users to authenticate their signatures with a password.
Watch this video to learn how to sign and lock clinical notes. (Duration: 1:29)
Additional Information
- You can also access clinical notes from the Progress Notes. Select the Notes option to filter the list.
- You can change your signature without affecting documents that have already been signed.
- Only you can set up “your” signature. Other administrators do not have access to your signature, and they cannot change it for you.