ConsentIQ and other consent tools
The difference is what the record can prove afterwards.
Eight differences, and none of them is about how it looks.
The differences
Eight differences, side by side.
What the questions are about
- Other consent tools
- The procedure. The same set for every patient who has it.
- ConsentIQ
- This appointment. The tooth and the diagnosis come from your practice software.
Fitted to each patient
- Other consent tools
- On the form, for everyone who has that procedure.
- ConsentIQ
- For each patient. The clinician marks what matters most to them and writes why. The patient is then always asked about it.
Languages
- Other consent tools
- English, or a translated PDF handed over separately.
- ConsentIQ
- 7, each a translation of your own form, so the record is the same in every language.
Children, and adults who cannot decide alone
- Other consent tools
- A signature box, and paper for anything else.
- ConsentIQ
- Five routes: under 13, Gillick (a child mature enough to decide for themselves), adult, the legal test of whether they can decide (capacity), best interests.
What the record proves
- Other consent tools
- That a form was signed.
- ConsentIQ
- What was shown, every answer including the wrong ones, and what was explained again.
Whether the record can be quietly edited
- Other consent tools
- It is a row in a database, or a file on a shared drive.
- ConsentIQ
- Each record is linked to the one before it by a tamper check, so any change shows. Tamper-evident (a change shows), not tamper-proof.
What happens in your practice software
- Other consent tools
- A separate archive to remember to look in.
- ConsentIQ
- One note in the patient's notes linking to the record, where your software allows it.
The patient in pain at 08:40
- Other consent tools
- Skipped, and nothing records that it was skipped.
- ConsentIQ
- A short version, or skipping it with a written reason that shows on the Compliance page.
Sealed (locked) records
Tamper-evident, which is not the same as tamper-proof.
How records are linked
- 890f45295d34…Earlier record
- linked to 890f45295d34…0c13c74aa4f4…Earlier record
- linked to 0c13c74aa4f4…414c7a883171…Latest record
Each record carries a tamper check made from the record before it. If anyone changes an old record, every link after it breaks. So it is tamper-evident, which is not the same as tamper-proof: a change always shows, but it is not impossible.
Where ConsentIQ is behind
Three places another tool would beat this one today.
Track record
No customers yet. A tool used in practices for five years has had real users find its unusual problems. This one has not.
Links to practice software
A tool with signed deals with practice software makers can link to them directly. This one brings in a spreadsheet file (CSV) instead.
Clinical content
Not yet checked by a registered clinician. ConsentIQ will not show it to a patient until it is.
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