155H: iMedConsent

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155H iMedConsent

• Comprehensive User Training

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Faculty

• Raymond Frazier
• Program Analyst, iMedConsent Project Manager
• VHA National Center for Ethics in Health Care
• Paul Miller
• Account Manager
• Dialog Medical (iMedConsent vendor)

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Goals

• Hands-on experience
• Support shared decision making

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iMed What it is what its not

• What it is
• Tool used to facilitate compliance with
• VHA Informed Consent Policy (Handbook 1004.1)
• JCAHO Standards
• Code of Federal Regulations(38 CFR 17.32)
• Clinical content reviewed/approved by VHA subject
  matter experts (FAC)
• What its not
• Not a substitute for patient/provider
  communication!!
• Cannot ensure good informed consent process

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Mr. Patient

• Mr. A. Test Patient
• Pain in abdomen after fatty meals
• Visits Prospect VAMC to get checked-out
• Gall stone disease diagnosed
• How can iMedConsent add value to
  patient/provider communication?

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SIGN ON TO CPRS

• Find your student number by your
  computerClick this Icon
• Access Code VEHU
• Verify Code VEHU
• Your patient isltyour number spelled outgt,patient
• Your Signature Code is VEHU

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iMedConsent Resources

• Your local CAC
• IRM to get iMed loaded on your workstation
• Electronic Support for Patient Decisions (ESPD)
  vaww.patientdecisions.va.gov
• National Center for Ethics in Health Care
  vaww.ethics.va.gov
• Local ethics committee / ethics resource