Method and system for informed consent

• US 10,410,742 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2015
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rational Surgical Solutions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Rational Surgical Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: Fialkov, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Porter, Rachel L.
• Application Number:
  US14/840,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20160110504A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2, 705 3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method for documenting informed consent includes obtaining a video recording of a patient indicative of informed consent, communicating the video recording across a network for data storage, and storing the video recording in a computer readable data storage medium. The video may include additional portions of a patient encounter. A software application for executing on a computing device may provide a user interface for displaying an educational video to the individual using the software application executing on the computing device, the educational video containing educational content about the procedure for which the informed consent is desired, obtaining video evidencing informed consent for the procedure, administering a quiz to the individual, presenting a document for signature to the individual, receiving a signature for the document from the individual.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining and documenting informed consent, the method comprising:

providing a software application to a computing device for executing on the computing device, wherein the software application is a mobile app and wherein the computing device is a mobile computing device, further comprising receiving through the software application information identifying a plurality of procedures and one or more procedure types;

receiving a selection of an individual into the software application executing on the computing device;

receiving a selection of a procedure for which informed consent is desired into the software application executing on the computing device wherein the procedure is a medical procedure and wherein the individual is a patient;

displaying an educational video to the individual using the software application executing on the computing device, the educational video containing educational content about the procedure for which the informed consent is desired further comprising receiving a selection of the educational video from a library of educational videos;

capturing video evidencing the informed consent for the procedure using the software application executing on the computing device;

making available a quiz for the individual using the software application executing on the computing device, the quiz including a plurality of questions about the procedure for assessing the informed consent further comprising receiving through the software application the plurality of questions about the procedure;

documenting administration of the quiz to the individual using the software application executing on the computing device;

presenting a document for signature to the individual using the software application executing on the computing device, the documenting indicative of the informed consent for the procedure further comprising receiving through the software application the document associated with the procedure;

receiving a signature on the document from the individual using the software application executing on the computing device; and

sending to a server from the computing device the video, the document with the signature, and storing the video in a non-transitory computer readable data storage medium associated with the server to thereby provide for documenting the informed consent of the individual for the procedure wherein the video includes video of the patient acknowledging that they are providing informed consent and wherein the video includes video of the individual and a service provider interacting with the individual;

making the video available to the individual through a portal associated with the server and to a service provider of the individual through a portal associated with the server.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the capturing video is performing using a camera integrated into the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a selection of an option to bypass the quiz and documenting a reason for bypassing the quiz by sending the reason to the server.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising purchasing the educational video through the software application.