Purpose
1. Automate the collection, storage, and management of digital consent forms from patients in medical laboratories to streamline compliance, eliminate paperwork, and safeguard sensitive health data.
2. Ensure automating patient onboarding, improve turnaround time for test processing, and enable automated real-time updates to patients and medical staff.
3. Leverage digital signatures and consent verification to automate legal, privacy, and healthcare regulatory obligations.
Trigger Conditions
1. New patient registration in the laboratory management system automates consent form initiation.
2. Test booking appointment automates consent request dispatch.
3. Request from staff for updated consent automates form workflow launch.
4. Periodic audit or compliance checks automate reminders and collection of missing digital consent forms.
Platform Variants
1. DocuSign
- Feature/Setting: Envelope API automates sending, signing, and retrieval of digital consent forms.
2. Adobe Sign
- Feature/Setting: REST API — /agreements endpoint automates consent form creation, sending, and digital signature capture.
3. PandaDoc
- Feature/Setting: Documents API automates template-based consent form generation and electronic signature workflow.
4. HelloSign (Dropbox Sign)
- Feature/Setting: Signature Request API automates request and collection of consent without manual intervention.
5. Jotform
- Feature/Setting: API Form Submission automates collection, archiving, and notification of signed consent.
6. Google Forms + Google Drive API
- Feature/Setting: Automate creation of consent surveys and storage of PDF responses in specific Drive folders.
7. Microsoft Forms + Power Automate
- Feature/Setting: Automator triggers on form response, routes PDFs to SharePoint or OneDrive and alerts staff.
8. Typeform
- Feature/Setting: Webhooks automates submission capture and auto-upload to chosen storage or CRM.
9. Formstack
- Feature/Setting: API automates consent collection, secure storage and notification to lab personnel.
10. Gravity Forms (WordPress)
- Feature/Setting: Automation add-ons with Webhook/API submit consent form data directly to EMR/EHR systems.
11. Zoho Forms
- Feature/Setting: Zoho API automates storing consent records in CRM or WorkDrive and triggers updates.
12. Smartsheet
- Feature/Setting: Forms automation saves signed consent sheets as rows, and automates notifications or exports.
13. Airtable
- Feature/Setting: Forms + API automate storing patient consents, linking records and notifications.
14. Salesforce Health Cloud
- Feature/Setting: REST API automates uploading, referencing, and managing digital consent documentation.
15. Meditech (EHR)
- Feature/Setting: Integration tools/APIs automate ingesting consent forms into patient records.
16. Epic (EHR)
- Feature/Setting: App Orchard API automates importing digital consent directly to patient charts.
17. Athenahealth
- Feature/Setting: Patient API automates electronic consent intake and storage in healthcare workflows.
18. Twilio SMS
- Feature/Setting: Messaging API automates sending unique consent links via SMS, tracking receipt, and reminders.
19. SendGrid
- Feature/Setting: Email API automates dispatching consent requests, confirming completions, and reminders.
20. Slack
- Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks automate notifications to lab/medical team when new consents are collected.
21. OneDrive API
- Feature/Setting: File Upload/Sync API automates archiving signed digital consent forms into secure medical folders.
22. Dropbox API
- Feature/Setting: File Requests automate direct upload of patient consents and automate syncing with records.
23. Box Platform
- Feature/Setting: Upload API automates storage and compliance-driven retention of digital consent sheets.
Benefits
1. Automates compliance with health regulations and privacy mandates, eliminating manual errors and paperwork.
2. Expedites patient onboarding and automates consent handling for faster laboratory workflows.
3. Enhances auditability by automating timestamping and centralized access to all digital consents.
4. Enables automated notifications, tracking, and reporting for incomplete or pending consent actions.
5. Provides a scalable, automatable framework for consent management as the patient base grows.
Patient Management and Communication