Digital Signature

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Digital Signature is an electronic health record, a unique, personalized alphanumeric code (or set of codes) that identifies one and only one user of the system. Digital signature means a mathematically generated mark using asymmetric key cryptography techniques that is unique to both the signatory and the information signed. For its implementation, a digital certificate (an electronic document that binds a person's identity to his or her digital signature), a digital signature infrastructure (software, hardware, personnel resources, and the required procedures to effectively use digital certificates and digital signatures), and certification authorities (issuers of digital certificates) are needed.1

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