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 the permission listed below. Care hides the Add Consent button from the users who cannot write to the encounter.

Permissions

Permission	Access
Update Encounter related clinical data	Lets you record a consent against an 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.

The sheet holds these fields.

Components	What it captures
Consent Given On	The date and time when the patient gives the consent. This field is mandatory.
Consent Valid From	The date and time from which the consent is valid. This field is optional.
Consent Valid Until	The date and time until which the consent is valid. This field is optional.
Consent Decision	The answer of the patient: Permit or Deny.
Category	The subject of the consent.
Status	The current state of the consent: Draft, Active, Inactive, Not Done, or Entered in Error. Care sets Active as the default value.
Note	Free text about the consent. This field is optional.

3. Enter the consent details

1. Enter the date and time in Consent Given On.
2. Enter Consent Valid From and Consent Valid Until for a consent with a validity period.
3. Select Permit or Deny for Consent Decision.
4. Select the Status of the consent.
5. Enter a Note about the consent.

4. Select the category

Open the Category list. Care shows a short description under each option.

Category	Description
Research	Consent to take part in a research protocol and to share information.
Privacy Consent	Consent to collect, access, use, or share information.
Treatment	Consent to undergo a specific treatment.
Do Not Resuscitate	Consent to not receive CPR or resuscitation in a cardiac event.
Advance Directive	Consent that the patient gives before a possible need for medical treatment.
Advance Care Directive	Consent for the actions to take if the patient can no longer decide.

Select the category of the consent.

📝 Note

Care also holds a Comfort Care category, but this form has no option for it. You cannot select Comfort Care. This is a known gap in the product.

5. Attach the supporting documents

You can attach one or more files to the consent in the Supporting Documents section.

1. Choose a file. Care accepts these file types: jpg, jpeg, png, and pdf.
2. Enter a name for the file. The name is mandatory.
3. Repeat these steps for each more file.

📝 Note

Care uploads the files after it saves the consent record.

6. Save the consent

Select Save.

Expected Outcome

• Care shows the message "Consent created successfully".
• Care shows the new consent as a card on the Consents tab.
• Care uploads the attached files to the new 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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