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Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:37:00 -0000

Just curious, are your progress notes equally as well defined as your signature? ;P

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EE — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:38:00 -0000

Haha, I love this post. My signature, after 2 years of putting my signature on 50000000 papers has become the first letter of my first name followed by a scribble. The sad part is that my EMS staff and the ER staff can all read it. I guess we're all so used to the scribble sig.

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Gretch — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:59:00 -0000

I'm a teacher and the same thing has happened to my signature. My students remind me frequently how easy it is to forge.

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Teresa — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:25:00 -0000

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I used to work for a great big bureaucracy. In fact, the biggest one in the world. Anyway, I developed the ability to duplicate the signature of the highest ranking bureaucrat in the building where I worked. His secretary found that extremely handy when he was not available, which was often the case, and she needed something signed.

Of course, I, being in the typist pool, had great fun creating and typing up memos on bureaucracy stationery, and then signing them. I once sent a memo to some of the men instructing them not to spend so much time "flirting" with the typists. It was very effective.

Back before there were sexual harassment laws, I found ways to deal with it.

Are you worried about patients working on duplicating your sig?