Obtaining and documenting informed patient consent prior to surgery is of vital importance, but both the process and documentation of consent can be inadequate. Today at the annual meeting of the ...

To form a legal agreement between the trial sponsor and the patient Because of the legal element, informed consent forms are typically lengthy and highly technical documents.

Revise the hospital’s existing surgical informed consent forms, or develop a separate form, to document the informed consent process and discussion with the patient, with the patient’s ...

A patient advocate can also hold the physicians accountable for meeting all the terms of informed consent. In its simplest form, informed consent puts you in the driver’s seat, but it’s ...

Informed consent forms for interventional oncology clinical trials are often lengthy and written at too high of a reading level for some patients, making it hard for them to weigh the decision to ...

Patients are sometimes asked to share their personal health information for research purposes. Informed consent and trust are critical components in a patient's decision to participate in research.

These trans advocates say new informed consent forms for patients are transphobic and inaccurate WUSF | By Daylina Miller Published July 24, 2023 at 9:25 AM EDT ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality teamed up with the Joint Commission and Abt Associates to offer free online courses for hospital leaders and others to learn how to improve the ...

As health care providers, it’s our mission and our duty to get informed consent, especially for an exam or treatment being performed if a patient is unconscious or under anesthesia,” said ...

Columbus, Ohio – A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious ...