Electronic Informed Consent in Mobile Applications Research

Electronic informed consent

Informed consent is a critical step in the recruitment of participants to any clinical trial and is essential to ensure participants are properly informed about the purpose of research, how it will be conducted, what is involved, the risks and benefits and rights to withdraw. The informed consent process is heavily regulated to ensure that the rights and wellbeing of trial participants is prote...

Informed consent in medical research.

That people should only be enrolled in medical research if they have given free and informed consent is now an unquestioned principle of research ethics. It is however a recent innovation. Prior to the prominence given to consent to participation in research in the condemnation of German doctors arraigned at Nuremberg in 1945, informed consent had appeared in American litigation, but only as an...

Informed consent in clinical research.

Since increasing numbers of patients are asked to take part in clinical trials, nurses need to be aware of the principles of valid, informed consent. This article explores consent, which aims to protect the rights, safety and wellbeing of patients. In particular, the history of consent in research and the elements involved in obtaining informed consent from potential participants in research st...

Informed consent in psychiatric research.

Informed Consent in Electronic Medical Record Systems

Informed consents, either for treatment or use/disclosure, that protect the privacy of patient information subject to law that in certain circumstances may override patient wishes, are mandatory practice in healthcare. Although the healthcare industry has widely adopted Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems, consents are still obtained and stored primarily on paper or scanned electronic docum...