Electronic Consent Management Services Use Case
The Electronic Consent Management (eCMS) use case provides the ability to electronically collect and check for consent before messages with specially protected information are sent.
Use Case Summary, Implementation Guide and Supporting Documents
Electronic Consent Management Service (eCMS) Use Case Summary
About this Use Case
This use case helps organizations appropriately coordinate care with members of a patient’s active care team, while still maintaining patient autonomy and privacy when necessary.
State and federal laws offer privacy protection for individuals and their health information. Certain categories of health information require greater protection than physical health information. For example, state and federal laws require healthcare providers to obtain written consent from a patient before disclosing behavioral health or substance use disorder information to another person or organization.
Although laws require this written consent, there has been no standard written form for patients to use for providing consent. This lack of standardization has led to confusion and conflicting consent forms, and has become a barrier to information sharing and care coordination.