title: Design and implementation of an informed consent process before liver transplantation.
abstract: In the past, the content of patient education was designed at the discretion of each individual transplant center and could vary greatly from center to center. Since the 2007 implementation of the guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, transplant centers have had to standardize the educational material they give to patients while generating an informed consent form to incorporate this required information. This article describes the development and use of an informed consent form and the educational process for potential liver transplant recipients at Columbia University Medical Center in adherence with the new regulations. This informed consent process can be used as a national model.
authors.affiliation: Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street PH 14, New York, NY 10032, USA. LR2009@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D032962:Consent Forms; D003479:Curriculum; D003663:Decision Trees; D035082:Federal Government; D005544:Forecasting; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D033161:Government Regulation; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000193:education* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D009519:New York City; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States