Broad consent in the emergency department: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) introduced a broad consent form (MII-BC) encompassing clinical, insurance, and biomaterial data, along with re-contacting options. In the emergency department (ED), outpatient and inpatient patients of all illnesses and severity could be reached early in their treatment course. The BC-ED (Broad Consent in the Emergency Department) project uniquely investigated the implementation of MII-BC in EDs, exploring feasibility, selection bias and patients' perceptions of voluntariness, information recall, motivation, and satisfaction.

Methods

The BC-ED project involving four university hospital EDs in Germany, is part of CODEX+ (Collaborative Data Exchange and Usage), an initiative within the Network University Medicine (NUM). To mi

SUBMITTER: Fischer-Rosinsky A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834566 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature