Collection of patients ‘consent for contact’ in Epic relating to research studies
Consent for contact is about asking patients if they would like to be contacted about participating in research studies conducted at the Trust, and then documenting their consent to be contacted by research team members outside of their treatment team for studies for which they may be eligible.
From Tuesday 17 October 2023, all outpatient-based clinical staff will be able to record a patient’s consent for contact within their chart in Epic – ‘Research Preference’ section within Overview – following verbal discussion during a clinic consultation.
Patients that have MyChart will also be able to add their consent for contact for research studies within their MyChart account, which will then appear in their Epic record.
Collection of this information will help the research and development team to identify patients who are eligible to participate in certain research studies, and who have already consented to be contacted, to see if they would like to participate.
Research studies that a patient is actively participating in will show in their Epic record and will also be visible to them directly if they have MyChart. Within MyChart, patients will be able to view and amend their research contact preferences and see which research studies they have been contacted about; which ones they have been involved in, which ones they are actively involved in, and studies that they have declined.
