E-Consent: The design and implementation of consumer consent mechanisms in an electronic environment.

ABSTRACT: The effective coordination of health care relies on communication of confidential information about consumers between different health and community care services. However, consumers must be able to give or withhold "e-Consent" to those who wish to access their electronic health information. There are several possible forms for e-Consent. In the general consent model, a patient provides blanket consent for access to his or her information by an organization for all future information requests. Conversely, general denial explicitly denies consent for information to be used in future circumstances, and in each new episode of care, a new consent would be needed to obtain information. In the general consent with specific denial model, a patient attaches specific exclusion conditions to his or

SUBMITTER: Coiera E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC353020 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature