What is the most secure electronic signature?

• Identify the signer unequivocally
• Ensure the integrity of the signed document. Ensures that the signed document is exactly the same as the original and that it has not been altered or tampered with
• Ensure non-repudiation of the signed document. The data used by the signatory to perform the signature are unique and exclusive and, therefore, later, they cannot say that they have not signed the document.»

But, of all the modalities, which is the one that best suits the needs of my health center?

There are a large number of identity electronic signature solutions that are marketed today, and all of them are covered by Regulation (EU) 910/2014, for which “it constitutes a very robust legal proof of the will of the person who has signed it”, but Taking into account the sensitivity of the data handled in health centers, the digital signature is the most appropriate. It is an electronic signature method in which encrypted keys (cryptography) validate the identity of the signer.

Biometric digital signature: Through the capture of biometric data of the signatory in the handwritten signature process on suitable electronic devices, provides information on the pressure, stroke and speed of the signature. Its legal value has the same value as the face-to-face written signature (on paper) in informed consents, medical orders, observations, confidentiality clauses, and relevant documents that require the signature of patients and doctors, and ensures their non-alteration by third parties. .

The advantages of implementing it include:

• Savings in costs, space, file, time and paper, since it digitizes the signed document, and it is also an added value to the service and the image of the center. Suitable for both face-to-face and mobile environments.
• It complies with the new General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) and helps clinics comply with it. In the event of an audit or request for any justification, it is a clear, safe and completely legitimate tool. It is a good ally in the administrative process of your health center and in the clinical process of the professional that it facilitates, the consultation of medical records, etc.
• The safest way of transmitting data and communications.