# Collect signed consent before the first visit

> Send patients a consent form they can read and sign on their phone before the appointment. You get a PDF of every signed form, and the submission is encrypted and covered by your BAA.

**Product:** Paubox Forms  
**Page:** https://www.paubox.com/solutions/use-cases/collect-signed-consent-before-a-visit  
**Category:** Paubox Forms

## Signed before they walk in

Paper consent at check-in costs time at the busiest moment of the day, and emailing a PDF asks patients to print, sign and scan it. With Paubox Forms, you send a link by email or text, the patient draws or types their signature, and a PDF copy with the signature lands in your account.

## How it helps

### Sign on any device
Patients draw or type their signature on a phone, tablet or laptop

### Templates to start from
Start from the HIPAA authorization or telehealth consent templates and edit them to match your practice

### A copy for your records
Download every signed form as a PDF, signature included, to keep with the patient's record

## Who this is for

Therapists starting telehealth with new clients, clinics where check-in paperwork backs up the waiting room, and practices that need signed financial responsibility forms before the first visit.

## Prompt you can paste into an AI assistant

```text
We collect consent forms on paper at check-in, and it slows down every first visit. Explain how Paubox Forms handles electronic signatures, what kinds of consent forms we could send ahead of time, and how we'd keep a signed copy for our records.
```

## Get started

Paubox Forms is included with every paid Paubox plan, along with encrypted email and a business associate agreement (BAA). There is no separate Forms subscription.

- Get started: https://next.paubox.com/signup
- See all use cases: https://www.paubox.com/solutions/use-cases
- Pricing for every plan: https://www.paubox.com/pricing.md

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