With the mandatory reporting of the vaccine, we’re trying to get our workflow figured out and the consent box in demographics for transmission to state registries (one of the states we do business in does not have automated reporting) is presenting a dilemma.
To transmit, the box must be checked. But checking the box will also push all existing vaccines for which the patient did not give consent. I know the feature has been designed around the assumption that consent would always be voluntary and not imposed as in our current environment, so I’m not blaming eCW for the way this works. We do, however, have to deal with the fact that if a patient hasn’t consented otherwise, they haven’t consented.
Could we obtain consent for all past vaccines as well? Yes, but what about the patient who says, “No” to all past vaccines? We could bypass the interface and enter all the COVIDs manually into the Registries… but that’s decidedly less than optimal.
What are you doing for this?
