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their first appointment or they’ve been
coming to you for years.
agreed upon by both the practitioner
and the patient.
Once all of their questions are answered,
offer alternate forms of treatment. If
alternative treatments such as rest,
exercise or other therapies could help
your patient’s condition, it is important to
share this information. This allows your
patient to make an educated decision.
If an informed consent form has not
been renewed recently, some EHRs will
remind you to follow up with the patient.
If your patient agrees to continue with the
treatment you have suggested, they can
date and sign the informed consent form.
record keeping and informed consent,
the OCA and the CCPA are here for you:
OCA: [email protected] or
1-877-327-2273 (local: 416-860-0070)
CCPA: [email protected] or
1-800-668-2076 (local: 416-781-5656)
More Information
The OCA would like to thank Dr. Greg
Dunn and Dr. Dean Wright from the
CCPA for their assistance with this
article. For support and advice on
The CCPA believes that the informed
consent process is not effective if it is
done without the practitioner present.
Simply asking patients to read and
sign the form while waiting for their
appointment to start doesn’t promote
a full understanding of their diagnosis
or proposed treatment. For this reason,
the CCPA advises practitioners to obtain
informed consent in the treatment room
after a discussion with your patient.
When reviewing your informed consent
procedures, you may wish to consult
the CCO’s Standard of Practice S-013:
Consent.
Informed Consent and EHRs
EHRs make it easy to access the patient’s
full history of informed consent. This
history is extremely useful when dealing
with legal situations because it shows
that that the performed treatment was
The CCPA presents on how to mitigate risk and liability when using EHRs in your clinic. You’ll learn
how EHRs can be used for informed consent, roadmaps to care, practice protection and consistently
excellent patient care.
www.chiropractic.on.ca/event/protecting-your-practice-and-electronic-health-records
www.chiropractic.on.ca
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