Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Challenges/Solutions (continued)

• Challenge: Obtaining and Managing Patient Consent
  • Broad variation in the requirements for obtaining and managing patient consent and authorization for information disclosures
• Solution: 8 states are working on reducing variation related to consent management
  • Standardize patient consent process
  • Harmonize consent language that addresses opt-in/opt-out issues across the state
  • Implement consent management process; develop use cases that drive HIE transactions
  • Create guiding principles for consent that can be used to update state law
  • Model consent forms