A community hospital utilizes an application that allows physicians to sign their dictated reports electronically. There is one physician in a group practice who does not want to sign his individual reports. His group is willing to take turns each month signing all the reports dictated for the month. The

A community hospital utilizes an application that allows physicians to sign their dictated reports electronically. There is one physician in a group practice who does not want to sign his individual reports. His group is willing to take turns each month signing all the reports dictated for the month. The name of the physician who saw the patient and dictated the report will be printed at the end of the report. The phrase “Electronically Signed By” will also be printed at the end of the report. There is concern that the phrase “Electronically Signed By” under the physician’s name implies that the treating physician actually signed the reports. Comment on this practice. Is there an ethical violation, dilemma, or concern?

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