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Kenneth Campbell1, Kayhan Parsi1
1Kenneth L. Campbell, D.B.E., M.P.H., M.B.A., is a Cook County Health and Hospitals System Operations Analyst in Chicago. He earned a Master's in Bioethics and a Doctorate in Bioethics from Loyola University Chicago. Kayhan Parsi, J.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Bioethics and Graduate Program Director at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics at Loyola University Chicago.
Abstract:
With the many changes occurring in today's healthcare organizations, patients are increasingly equipped with a vast quantity of health care data and being more included in the healthcare decision-making process. The new approach we propose incorporates a new patient-organization framework that examines relevant historical, legal and ethical elements within the doctrine of informed consent in addition to examining the role of new healthcare organizations' obligations to include data to support addressing issues such as population health, health outcomes and health disparities within the informed consent. There is a growing consensus among healthcare professionals that using an evidencebased organizational informed consent framework to improve the informed consent process can lead to better comprehension, health outcomes, transparency and improved patient trust and retention overall.
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