Informed Consent in Electronic Medical Record Systems

View Sample PDF

Author(s): Bo Yu (George Mason University, USA), Duminda Wijesekera (George Mason University, USA)and Paulo Cesar G. Costa (George Mason University, USA)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 21
Source title: Healthcare Ethics and Training: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2237-9.ch049

Keywords: Medical Education / Medical Ethics, Law, and Policy / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

Purchase

View on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

Informed consents, either for treatment or use/disclosure, that protect the privacy of patient information subject to law that in certain circumstances may override patient wishes, are mandatory practice in healthcare. Although the healthcare industry has widely adopted Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems, consents are still obtained and stored primarily on paper or scanned electronic documents. Integrating a consent management system into an EMR system involves various implementation challenges. The authors show how consents can be electronically obtained and enforced using a system that combines medical workflows and ontologically motivated rule enforcement. Finally, the authors describe an implementation that uses open-source software based addition of these components to an open-source EMR system, so that existing systems needn't be scrapped or otherwise rendered obsolete.

The IRMA Community

Research IRM

Informed Consent in Electronic Medical Record Systems

Purchase

Abstract

Related Content

IRMA Sponsors