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title: eConsent flow on EMR
description: "# Sign the Consent 1. Select a **Patient**by searching from the search bar. 2. Go to **EMR.** 3. Go to the **Progress note**against the Scheduled Appointment or Walk-in Appointment. 4. Click on the **Preview** tab**.**   ![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-109-1024x481.png)   - Click…"
url: "https://legendehr.com/docs/econsent-flow-on-emr/"
updated: "2024-10-29"
category: LegendEHR / EMR
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# eConsent flow on EMR

# Sign the Consent

1. Select a **Patient**by searching from the search bar.
2. Go to **EMR.**
3. Go to the **Progress note**against the Scheduled Appointment or Walk-in Appointment.
4. Click on the **Preview** tab**.**

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-109-1024x481.png)

 

- Click on the **Consents**under **Preview.**
- Click on the **Add** button to add consent against the progress note.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-110-1024x470.png)

 

- A popup containing different**consents** will appear.
- Add the required consent by**checking** the checkbox.
- Close the popup window.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-111.png)

 

- The **consent** will be **added**.
- The Provider can **Edit** the **consent** by clicking on the **Edit**icon, before signing (either by the patient or himself).
- Providers can only edit the consent of their patients if it is not yet Signed.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-112-1024x478.png)

 

- **Scroll down** the added consent.
- Select the **radio button** for Signatures.
- Draw the **Signatures.**
- Click on the **Sign** button.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-113-1024x479.png)

 

- Consent will be **Signed** by the patient.
- Consent **cannot** be edited or deleted once it is signed.
- Now click on the **Sign** button for Provider.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-114-1024x462.png)

 

- **Sign**of the Provider will be applied.
- Consent is now**signed** by the Provider.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-115-1024x474.png)

 

- If the Notes are accessed by a different user, no**Sign** button will appear on consent as you can see in the below image.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-118-1024x478.png)

 

- Added consents can be **viewed** in the progress note.
- In **EMR**, Click on the **Progress Notes**.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-116-1024x478.png)

 

- Scroll down the **Progress Note.**
- Under **Patient Consents**, consents are listed.
- **Signed by Patient**, and **Signed by Doctor** can be seen from the underlined icons.

 

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-117-1-1024x475.png)

 

- If a **Procedure** is added to the Progress Note, its corresponding **Consent** form is auto-populated in the **Patient Consents**.
- It can be edited or signed in the same way as illustrated above.

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Snip-Legend-EHR-Google-Chrome-122.png)