2008 Conferences
and Meetings
HIMSS 2008
Annual Conference & Exhibition
February 24 -
28, 2008 - Orlando, FL
Automating the Shared Decision-Making Process
--Lessons Learned/New Directions
Slides
Paper
Session No. 104, 2:15pm, Tuesday, February 26, Convention Center Room
224 D
Aaron Fink,
MD, Manager, Surgical and Perioperative Care, Atlanta VA Medical
Center and Professor of Surgery, Emory University
Timothy Kelly, MS, MBA, Vice President, Dialog Medical
New CMS requirements have expanded the hospital's role in the critical
process of shared decision-making. The impact of automating the
informed consent process upon enhancing patient safety, reducing
risk reduction, and ensuring compliance is discussed. The
Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Support for Patient
Decisions initiative is reviewed and future directions are examined.
2007 Conferences
and Meetings
The Quality
Colloquium
August 20-22,
2007 - Cambridge, MA
Starting
Point or Afterthought? Leveraging Informed Consent to Improve Patient
Safety
Poster
(pdf - set printer to Landscape)
Colloquium Website
6:00pm, Monday, August 20, Harvard University
Timothy Kelly,
MS, MBA, Vice President, Dialog Medical
Early in 2007,
in a public policy white paper on health literacy and patient safety,
the Joint Commission called upon health care institutions to redesign
their informed consent forms and their informed consent processes.
This poster will explore the background for that call to action
and provide specific strategies for improving patient safety via
attention to the informed consent process.
HIMSS 2007
Annual Conference & Exhibition
February 25 -
March 1, 2007 - New Orleans, LA
The
Complete EMR: Leveraging Informed Consent Capability
Slides Paper
Session No. 164, 9:45am, Thursday, March 1, Convention Center Room
291
John Frenzel,
MD, MS, Associate Professor Dept. of Anesthesiology, University
of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Timothy Kelly, MS, MBA, Vice President, Dialog Medical
Patient consent
is the cornerstone of medical documentation. This process impacts
every patient who enters a healthcare facility to receive a treatment
or procedure. Inadequate informed consent can have a negative impact
upon patient safety, medical malpractice liability, operating room
efficiency, and key accreditation requirements. Learn how one healthcare
facility improved patient safety, process workflow and quality assurance
by storing consents in a native digital form.
Automating
Informed Consent - Applying Information Technology to Improve Quality
and Patient Care
Slides
Pavilion Product Session No. PPS50, 4:15pm, Tuesday, February 27,
Booth 6553
Margaret Reiter,
RN, PhD, Director, Patient Safety, Quality and Accreditation, St.
Luke's Episcopal Health System
Timothy Kelly, MS, MBA, Vice President, Dialog Medical
Non-standardized
processes frequently impact healthcare organizations' efforts to
improve quality. Applying information technology to the traditionally
paper-based informed consent process presents an opportunity to
enhance JCAHO and CMS compliance while improving patient safety.
A case study examining deployment of an automated informed consent
solution within a three-hospital system is presented.
2006 Conferences
and Meetings
HIMSS 2006
Annual Conference & Exhibition
February 12-16, 2006 — San Diego, CA
Automating
Informed Consent – An Overlooked Patient Safety Opportunity?
Slides
Paper
Neil
Baum, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Urology, Tulane Medical
School, Louisiana State University Medical School
Timothy
Kelly, MS, MBA, Vice President, Dialog Medical
Describes the
impact of the informed consent process on patient safety. Reviews
the CMS and JCAHO guidelines for informed consent. Provides an estimate
of the various costs to a healthcare institution that are associated
with the informed consent process. Analyzes how an automated informed
consent system can leverage the capabilities of an institution’s
EMR, document management system and other healthcare information
systems. Identifies the strategies employed by some states to stimulate
and regulate the informed consent discussion between provider and
patient.
2005
Conferences and Meetings
AUA
2005 - 100th Annual Scientific Meeting of
the American Urological Association
May 21-26, 2005 — San Antonio, TX
Enhancing
Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction – Automating the Informed
Consent Process
Neil H. Baum, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Urology,
Tulane Medical School, Louisiana State University Medical School
Details the elements of a complete, AMA-recognized informed consent
process. The standards that are applicable to informed consent;
including, JCAHO, CMS, and applicable state law; are reviewed. The
costs associated with traditional informed consent, including malpractice
litigation risk and the cost of delayed OR time due to lost or misplaced
consent documents, are discussed.
TEPR
'05 - 21st Annual TEPR Conference & Exhibition
May 14-15, 2005 — Salt Lake City, UT
Experience
with an Automated Informed Consent Solution – Impact on Clinical
Workflow and Patient Satisfaction
Chad Ritenour, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Emory University,
Atlanta; Director of Outpatient Services, Director of the Men’s
Health Center, The Emory Clinic
Discusses the patient safety and malpractice risks associated with
the traditional informed consent process. The results of a study
of an automated informed consent solution, in the outpatient urology
clinic of a large university hospital, are presented. The impact
of the automated informed consent process on patient and clinician
satisfaction is reviewed.
Electronic
Support for Patient Decisions – Automating and Integrating
the Informed Consent Process
Robert
O’Hara, MD, Chief of Clinical Informatics, Edward Hines, Jr.
VA Hospital, Chicago; Chief Clinical Architect-VHA
Reviews the risks associated with errors and omissions that are
prevalent in traditional, written consent forms. The decision process
of the Veterans Healthcare Administration to select an automated
system to better support patient decisions and to lower costs is
discussed. The results of a pilot study of the automated informed
consent system in five VA Medical Centers are presented.
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