ECWeb - web-based ethics consultation management tool

ECWeb is a web-based tool that plays an important role in helping VHA achieve the goal of improving ethics quality within VA. The program was designed and developed as part of the IntegratedEthics initiative.

Ethics consultants at each VHA facility use ECWeb to document the ethics consultations they perform. It is a quality improvement tool used by ethics consultation service leaders to improve ethics consultation practices tracking, trending, and documenting critical steps taken by ethics consultants throughout the consultation process.

ECWeb is more than a quality management tool. It also allows ethics consultants to manage workflow, guides the ethics consultant in using the CASES approach, and provides evaluators a way to effectively gather feedback about the consultation process from participants. Finally, ECWeb is a knowledge management tool. The information, best practices, and ethics knowledge each facility will accumulate in ECWeb serves as a valuable resource staff can use in addressing future ethical concerns. ECWeb provides a number of useful tools including full-text search, data reports, and powerful sorting capabilities to help the ethics consultant quickly locate needed information.

ECWeb is in use throughout VHA but is not yet available to the public. Efforts are underway to make the tool publicly available. If you would like further information about ECWeb you may contact the National Center for Ethics in Health Care by email at integratedethics@va.gov.

New - ECWeb: A Quality Improvement Tool for Ethics Consultation (Online Learning Module)

The ECWeb online learning module as developed to help ethics consultants learn about the ECWeb program, its uses and functionality. The learning module is available to everyone. To access the online learning module click here.

NOTE for VHA users: This online learning module is currently available only through the National Center for Ethics in Health Care website - not through EES. As you work through the course you may wish to keep track of the portions you completed since our Center's website cannot track your progress in the course. If you exit the course in the middle and reenter it later you will be able to navigate to where you exited only if you remember the sections you already completed. If you wish to document completion of the course you may complete a separate evaluation form in Librix - this is not required.