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Version: 3.1

Update a consent

Overview​

This flow describes how to change the status or the note of an existing consent in Care.

Pre-requisites​

  • A member of staff recorded the consent against an encounter of the patient.
  • You open the encounter from the facility, and the encounter is active. Care hides the Edit button on a completed or cancelled encounter.
  • You have the permission listed below.

Permissions​

PermissionAccess
Update Encounter related clinical dataLets you change the clinical data of an encounter, which includes consents. Admin, Doctor, Nurse, and Facility Admin have this permission.

Steps​

  1. Open the encounter.
  2. Select the Consents tab.
  3. Select See Details on the consent that you want to change. Care opens the consent record.

2. Start the edit form​

Select Edit. Care opens the Edit Consent form.

The form keeps the values that you gave when you recorded the consent. You can change these fields:

ComponentsWhat it captures
StatusThe current state of the consent: Draft, Active, Inactive, Not Done, or Entered in Error.
NoteFree text about the consent.

The form does not show these fields. Care keeps the values that you gave at creation:

  • Consent Decision
  • Category
  • Consent Given On
  • Consent Valid From and Consent Valid Until

Note: The edit form has no file upload. To attach one more file, use the Supporting Documents section of the consent record.

3. Change the status or the note​

  1. Select the new Status.
  2. Enter or change the Note.

Note: Care accepts a change from any status to any other status. Care does not ask you to confirm the change.

Select Save.

Expected Outcome​

  • Care shows the message "Consent updated successfully".
  • Care refreshes the consent record and the Consents tab.
  • The consent shows the new status and the new note.

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