Electronic Surgical Consent Delivery Via Patient Portal to Improve Perioperative Efficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many health systems use electronic consent (eConsent) for surgery, but few have used surgical consent functionality in the patient portal (PP). Incorporating the PP into the consent process could potentially improve efficiency by letting patients independently review and sign their eConsent before the day of surgery.

Objective

To evaluate the association of eConsent delivery via the PP with operational efficiency and patient engagement.

Design, setting, and participants

This mixed-methods study consisted of a retrospective quantitative analysis (February 8 to August 8, 2023) and a qualitative analysis of semistructured patient interviews (December 1, 2023, to January 31, 2024) of adult surgical patients in a health system that implemented surgical eConsent.

SUBMITTER: Trang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391357 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature