Electronic Support for Patient Decisions (ESPD)

The National Center for Ethics in Health Care is playing a leading role in using technology to empower patients and promote shared decision making through the Electronic Support for Patient Decisions (ESPD)  initiative.

To improve the quality of informed consent for clinical treatments and procedures in VHA, the Center is overseeing the national rollout of iMedConsent, a software application that helps clinicians manage the informed consent process electronically.