The NHS England digital playbooks have been developed to support clinical teams to reimagine and redesign care pathways by showcasing tried and tested technologies to solve real-world problems. Digital consent was highlighted as one such technology in this year’s perioperative digital playbook:
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Here are some of the highlights!
Remote consent pathways are supporting recovery from the pandemic and reducing theatre cancellations. It’s estimated that the solution reduces day-of-surgery delays and cancellations by around 10%.
Clinicians have more confidence in the quality of the consent process … reduce medico-legal costs in the medium term … increase in shared decision making (SDM) quality … shift away from on-the-day consent.
91% of patients gave their experience of the Concentric consent process 4 or 5 stars out of 5.