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Article: Filling in the blanks: automating the informed consent process accelerates regulatory compliance, reduces risk and enhances patient safety.(Case History: Informed Consent)(Resurrection Health Care)
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- Health Management Technology
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- May 1, 2009
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Similar to many healthcare facilities across the country, Chicago-based Resurrection Health Care (RHC) had a responsible and sufficient informed consent protocol. Providers throughout the eight-hospital system discussed risks, benefits and alternatives with their patients, with nurses serving as witnesses while patients signed the consent forms. To ensure the signed form was highly visible and easily accessible, RHC pre-printed the informed consent document on pink paper, hole-punched for secure binding into the medical record.
When RHC leadership performed an assessment in advance of an accreditation survey in 2006, they ...