TeleMental Health Disclosure and Informed Consent

This course reduces risk and provides education and competency to meet regulatory and licensure requirements for practitioners providing telemental health services to patients while reducing risk in the disclosure and informed consent process. Ensuring patients understand disclosures, can provide informed consent, implementing emergency procedures for distant patient care, verifying privacy, location of services provided, and safety, with unique challenges of telemental health to grant permission of use based on the knowledge of possible patient consequences.

Course Format:

TeleMental Health Disclosure and Informed Consent Part 1

  • Patient Understanding of Disclosures and Providing Informed Consent
  • Aspects of Informed Consent Specific to TMH
  • Protocol for Social Media
  • Protocol for Establishing Local Resources and Emergency Contact

TeleMental Health Disclosure and Informed Consent Part 2

  • Apply Procedures for Emergencies
  • Protocol for Verification of Patient Location
  • Establish Patient Location Prior to Appointment
  • Protocol for Verification of Patient Identity
  • Establish Patient Identity Prior to Appointment
  • Protocol for Verification of Patient Privacy
  • Establish Patient Privacy Prior to Appointment
  • Protocol for Verification of Patient Safety
  • Establish Patient Safety Prior to Appointment
  • Requirements Establish Patient Identity in TMH
  • Protocol Management for Technical Difficulties
  • Unique Challenges and Risks of TMH

TeleMental Health Disclosure and Informed Consent Part 3

  • Address Concerns of Patients Related to TMH
  • Monitor Ongoing Informed Consent
  • Managing Disclosures in TMH
  • Informed Consent Process in TMH

TeleMental Health Disclosure and Informed Consent Part 4

  • Ethically Gathering Informed Consent
  • Appropriate Use of Social Media
  • Elements of a Patient Safety Plan
  • Resources Available to Troubleshoot TMH Issues

Learning Objectives

  • Patient Understanding of Disclosures and Providing Informed Consent
  • Aspects of Informed Consent Specific to TMH
  • Protocol for Social Media
  • Protocol for Establishing Local Resources and Emergency Contact
  • Apply Procedures for Emergencies
  • Protocol for Verification of Patient Location
  • Establish Patient Location Prior to Appointment
  • Protocol for Verification of Patient Identity
  • Establish Patient Identity Prior to Appointment
  • Protocol for Verification of Patient Privacy
  • Establish Patient Privacy Prior to Appointment
  • Protocol for Verification of Patient Safety
  • Establish Patient Safety Prior to Appointment
  • Requirements Establish Patient Identity in TMH
  • Protocol Management for Technical Difficulties
  • Unique Challenges and Risks of TMH
  • Address Concerns of Patients Related to TMH
  • Monitor Ongoing Informed Consent
  • Managing Disclosures in TMH
  • Informed Consent Process in TMH
  • Ethically Gathering Informed Consent
  • Appropriate Use of Social Media
  • Elements of a Patient Safety Plan
  • Resources Available to Troubleshoot TMH Issues

Additional Information

Partner: 
Center for Continuing Health Education (CCHE)
MedEdStat
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
03/31/2021
Course expires: 
03/31/2026
Mocingbird Member cost:
$90.00
Cost:
$100.00
Rating: 
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Robert Maxwell, MD

George Martin, MD, MSHA

David Joyce, MD, MBA

 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, and MedEd-Stat. MedChi is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Designation Statement

MedChi The Maryland State Medical Society designates this Online enduring educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 Planner Disclosure Statement:

The planners for this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Presenter Disclosure Statement:

The presenters of this CME course have reported no relevant financial relationships to disclose. They will not be referencing any off-label uses of product or devices.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Price

Mocingbird Member cost:
$90.00
Cost:
$100.00
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