Opportunities to improve informed consent with AHRQ training modules. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Opportunities to improve informed consent with AHRQ training modules. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published May 2018

Opportunities to improve informed consent with AHRQ training modules.

Shoemaker SJ, Brach C, Edwards A, Chitavi SO, Thomas R, Wasserman M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018;44:343-352.

The process of informed consent is designed to ensure that patients fully understand risks, benefits, and alternatives when receiving certain treatments. In this mixed-methods study, researchers examined the impact of two Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality informed consent training modules across four hospitals.

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