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Hi all,

Always appreciate the insight here. I work in the home care industry. We have nurses walk around with laptops to do assessments. Signatures will be required from the patient and the caregiver/HHA for just ONE visit. Will not be required every single day.

Any recommendations on external devices to sign with? I don’t know if I want my senior citizen patients signing with a laptop track pad. Same with the home health aide. Haven’t seen a post on this in 10 years so just wondering what’s up your sleeves these days before I start my search.

I’m trying to avoid a tablet by the way. The ladder has to sign a document via a web portal, similar to fillable PDF with allowed signature. The nurses require laptops already. I don’t want to make them have to carry a tablet around either.

Appreciate your insights!

@hipaacompliancygroup

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Topaz pad is what I have used in the past, it plugs in via USB. it’s been a while, maybe something like that with Bluetooth option if there is one?

Quick Amazon search shows this: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=signature+pads+%2B+bluetooth&crid=3HOEL0XXBR5FJ&sprefix=signature+pads+%2B+bluetoot%2Caps%2C86&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

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Thanks for response/insight! You lead me onto the right track. I see some cheap made in China stuff on Amazon and seems like its worth a try. No drivers necessary seems legit. TOPAZ seems unnecessarily expensive for what we need and those look heavy in comparison. Need something lightweight/portable mainly so I’m just looking around.

Thanks again!

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We buy Topaz signature pads for around $100 each. (See Amazon.com )

When you look at that cost of a decent laptop, that’s not a huge add-on. We feel that it’s worth it to avoid clients and staff breaking a touch screen or auditors denying claims because “that doesn’t look anything like the person’s REAL signature”.

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We use some devices by a company called XPpen instead of very expensive Wacom equivalents; find them quite respectable.

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I actually purchased 2 of those for testing and these Amazon.com

Stuck with the one from the link above. Just smoother. And a little smaller since we’re just using for signatures only. Thanks for the input!

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Hmm…that’s an interesting alternative. Do you find that the patients miss the display of the signature on the actual device? Are they bothered by having to look at the computer screen to see their signature as they write it?

That’s the only down-side I see to this. Cheap enough that I might just have to get one to try.

Thanks!

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