Consent forms allow for a health care provider to educate a patient about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a given procedure or intervention. Consent forms are typically provided for a patient to sign off on a procedure, giving consent.
To create a consent form in Hint:
Navigate to Hint Clinical
Click on Forms
Within the Forms page, click on 'Forms' (at the top of the page)
Under Consent Forms, click 'Create New'
Input a Form Name
Select either the Rich-text Template (to create a consent form, similar to editing a Word document) or a Native PDF option (to upload a PDF file that you already have created)
Click Continue to start editing your consent form
Capabilities within Consent Forms include:
Editing Form Name
Enabling an e-signature
Enabling a provider e-signature
Enabling an assistant e-signature (Witness)
Making a signature option
Disabling the form header
Additionally, on the left-hand side of the screen, you have the following options:
Send to Client - This sends the consent form to the client/patient of your choice
Preview - Allows for you to see a preview of the consent form
Open PDF - This opens your consent form as a PDF
Add to Intake - This allows for you to add your consent form to any intake forms you have already created
Get URL - Provides you with the URL to embed in your website, provide to patients externally, etc.
Duplicate - This action will duplicate the consent form
Delete - The consent form automatically saves while you are working on it. To delete the form, you will click this button
