Research

Our Evidence-based Research

Patient Understanding

Majority of patients don't understand and remember the information covered in their informed consent process. Video-based education proves to improve understand more than any other method.

Patient Outcomes

Good patient-provider communication is linked with decreased remittances, hospital stays, and better dieses management.

Patient Satisfaction

Video-based education has been shown to align patient expectations, increase satisfaction scores and reimbursements.

Patient Preferences

Video decision support tools improve patient preferences more than written or verbal narratives.

Language Barriers

Our products are multilingual because patient understanding, adherence and satisfaction is worse for ESL and low literacy patients.

Provider Time

The average physician spends 15 minutes per consent. We are automating this process so that providers can focus on high quality patient care.

Legal Risk

90% of malpractice claims include improper informed consent as a secondary factor. It is the primary cause in 6% of litigation cases.

Operating Room Delays

The average hospital spends $580k per year on operating room delays related to misplaced consent forms.

Lower Reimbursement

The average hospital spend $100k per year on printing and scanning.

Sources

1. Schenker Y, Fernandez A, Sudore R, Schillinger D. Interventions to Improve Patient Comprehension in Informed Consent for Medical and Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making. 2011;31(1):151-173. doi:10.1177/0272989X10364247.
   
2. Hall DE, Prochazka AV, Fink AS. Informed consent for clinical treatment. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2012;184(5):533–540.
   
3. Bottrell MM, Alpert H, Fischbach RL, et al.Hospital informed consent for procedure forms: facilitating quality patient-physician interaction. Arch Surg. 2000;135(1):26–33.
   
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7. Denny MC, Vahidy F, Vu KY, et al. Video-based educational intervention associated with improved stroke literacy, self-efficacy, and patient satisfaction. PloS one. 2017;12(3):e0171952.
   
8. Volandes, Angelo E. et al. “Randomized controlled trial of a video decision support tool for cardiopulmonary resuscitation decision making in advanced cancer.” Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 31 3 (2013): 380-6; n=150
   
9. Phelan EA, Deyo RA, Cherkin DC, et al. Helping patients decide about back surgery: a randomized trial of an interactive video program. Spine 2001;26:206–211; n=100
   
10. Wilson E, Chen AH, Grumbach K, Wang F, Fernandez A. Effects of Limited English Proficiency and Physician Language on Health Care Comprehension. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005;20(9):800-806. doi:10.1111/j 1525-1497.2005.0174.x.
    
11. Hunt LM, de Voogd KB. Are good intentions good enough? Informed consent without trained interpreters. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22(5):598–605.
    
12. Hall DE, Prochazka AV, Fink AS. Informed consent for clinical treatment. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2012;184(5):533–540.
    
13. Kiss CG, Richter-Mueksch S, Stifter E, Diendorfer-Radner G, Velikay-Parel M, Radner E. Informed consent and decision making by cataract patients. Arch Ophthalmol 2004; 122:94–98.
    
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15. O’Hara, R. Electronic Support for Patient Decisions: Automating and Integrating the Informed Consent Process. Presented at the 21st Annual TEPR Conference, Salt Lake City, May 14-15, 2005.