Re: Informed Consent

From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Fri Sep 16 21:27:39 2005

FWIW, Georgia has a pretty specific informed consent law. In 1989, the Georgia Ob/Gyn society developed specific consents from a central mandated template (as required by law) for many procedures, and most of us use them.

If you wish, I can email them (probably 10 to 15 in number) privately, or put them on a CD and mail.

Garry

At Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Dr. Ainsworth wrote: >
>I was told recently by hospital's risk management that during surveys,
>CMR is now requiring documentation in the chart of a "procedure
>specific" informed consent form, initiated in the doctor's office to
>track the informed consent process, similar to the consent forms we are
>required to give to patients for sterilization and hysterectomies. I
>also heard the same information in a CME discussion from John's Hopkins.
>They both concurred that no longer will it be adequate to simply
>document in a progress note or H&P that "the procedure, alternatives,
>risks and benefits were discussed and the patient's questions answered."
>Are others getting the same directions and how are you addressing it? It
>seems ludicrous for every physician in the country to reinvent this
>process for every procedure. Either our medical societies or our
>speciality societies should be able to produce samples of documentation
>we all can use.

--
Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA



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