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Electronic Support for Patient Decisions (ESPD) Links IntegratedEthics Pandemic Influenza Preparedness iMedConsent Ethics Consultation Policy National Ethics Committee Publications National Ethics Teleconferences  The National Center for Ethics in Health Care (NCEHC)  plays 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 NCEHC is overseeing the national rollout of iMedConsent, a software application that helps clinicians manage the informed consent process electronically.