Enable the Require PIN Verification Before Completing Deficiencies facility setting if physicians (and secondary signers) assigned to the facility should be required to verify their identities using personal identification numbers (PINs). PIN verification should be used when a facility requires a second layer of security beyond physician login credentials. PINs are useful if physicians may leave their workstations unattended for extended periods.
Assigned physicians must enter their PINs in the following situations:
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The first time the physician accepts or rejects a deficiency after logging on.
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The first time the physician saves a transcription after logging on.
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When the physician performs either of these actions after being inactive for a configured period. To configure this period, see PIN Prompt After X Minutes of Inactivity.
If a physician belongs to any facility that requires PIN verification, then the physician may be prompted for his or her PIN on any deficiency, even if the chart's facility does not require PIN verification. When one physician covers for another, the PIN verification requirement is based on the facility privileges of the covering physician, not the physician being covered for.
PIN verification is enforced also for physicians who are not assigned to any facilities. If a physician is not assigned to any facilities, the physician will be prompted to enter a PIN in the situations described earlier.
If a physician is assigned only to facilities that do not require PIN verification, then the physician is never prompted to enter his or her PIN.
You can configure PIN-related requirements, or PIN policies, to ensure physicians' PINs satisfy specific criteria for complexity and age. For more information, see PIN Policies Configuration.