Flows/Record a consent

flowclinicalCARE 3.1+

Clinical

Concepts

Patient

Encounter Care team Condition Allergy & Intolerance Observation Diagnostic Report Service Request Specimen Consent Clinical Notes

Questionnaire Response

Flows

Search for a patient

Register a patient View a patient's profile Update patient details Manage patient identifiers Manage patient tags Mark a patient as deceased Manage patient users View a patient's appointments and tokens Create an encounter Update encounter details Assign an encounter location Manage the encounter care team Manage encounter departments Manage encounter tags Discharge a patient Complete an encounter

Restart an encounter

References

Patient

Encounter Care team Condition Allergy Intolerance Observation Diagnostic Report Consent Notes Specimen Service Request

Questionnaire Response

Overview

This flow describes how to record a consent against an encounter of a patient. You can also attach the signed consent form and other supporting documents.

Pre-requisites

• The patient is registered in Care, and you open an encounter of that patient.
• You open the encounter from the facility, and the encounter is active.
• You have Update Encounter related clinical data. Care hides Add Consent from users who cannot write to the encounter. Admin, Doctor, Nurse, and Facility Admin have this permission.

Steps

1. Open the Consents tab

1. Open the encounter of the patient.
2. Select the Consents tab.

2. Start the consent form

Select Add Consent. Care opens the Add Consent sheet.

Components	What it captures
Consent Given On	The mandatory date and time when the patient gives consent.
Consent Valid From	The optional start of validity.
Consent Valid Until	The optional end of validity.
Consent Decision	Permit or Deny.
Category	The subject of the consent.
Status	Draft, Active, Inactive, Not Done, or Entered in Error. Active is the default.
Note	Optional free text.

3. Enter the consent details

1. Enter Consent Given On.
2. Enter the validity dates when applicable.
3. Select Permit or Deny.
4. Select the Status.
5. Enter a Note.

4. Select the category

Category	Description
Research	Participation in a research protocol and sharing information.
Privacy Consent	Collecting, accessing, using, or sharing information.
Treatment	Undergoing a specific treatment.
Do Not Resuscitate	Not receiving CPR or resuscitation in a cardiac event.
Advance Directive	Consent given before a possible need for treatment.
Advance Care Directive	Actions to take if the patient can no longer decide.

Select the category.

📝 Note

Care also holds Comfort Care, but this form has no option for it.

5. Attach supporting documents

1. Choose a jpg, jpeg, png, or pdf file.
2. Enter the mandatory file name.
3. Repeat for further files.

📝 Note

Care uploads files after saving the consent record.

6. Save

Select Save.

Expected Outcome

• Care shows "Consent created successfully".
• The consent appears as a card on the Consents tab.
• Attached files upload to the consent.

Clinical

Concepts

Patient · Encounter · Care team · Condition · Allergy · Observation · Dx Report · Service Request · Specimen · Consent · Notes · Q. Response

Flows

Search · Register · Profile · Update · Identifiers · Tags · Deceased · Users · Appointments · Create Encounter · Update Encounter · Location · Care Team · Departments · Tags · Discharge · Complete · Restart

References

Patient · Encounter · Care team · Condition · Allergy · Observation · Dx Report · Consent · Notes · Specimen · Service Request · Q. Response

Related

• Concept: Concepts/Consent

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