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Privacy & Security: How does Accurx Desktop check for consent in the patient record?

Where we look for SMS consent in SystmOne/EMIS/Vision.

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Written by Lorna
Updated over a week ago

​When using Accurx Desktop, information regarding consent will be presented back to you when you pull up a patient in EMIS/SystmOne/Vision and Accurx Desktop. Here's how it looks...

βœ”οΈ When a Patient has given consent for communication by SMS text messaging πŸ‘‡

❓ When a Patient has no recorded objection to SMS text messaging πŸ‘‡

❌ When a Patient has declined consent for SMS text messaging πŸ‘‡

❗ Note that you aren't blocked from sending texts to patients that have declined consent. This is intentional so that, for instance, a clinician could send a text whilst in a consultation to their current patient who gives verbal consent ❗
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How Accurx Desktop checks consent in EMIS

Accurx Desktop checks for the following codes in the patient medical record in EMIS, to see whether a patient has opted in or out of SMS messages:

Consent given βœ”οΈ

Consent given for communication by short message service text messaging
SNOMED: 699237001
READ: 9ndP

Consent given to receive test results by short message service text messaging
SNOMED: 911361000000104
READ: 9ndP0

Consent declined ❌

Declined consent for short message service text messaging
SNOMED: 513631000000106
READ: 9ndQ
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​​Declined consent to receive test results by short message service text messaging
SNOMED: 911401000000108
READ: 9ndQ0

How does Accurx Desktop check consent in SystmOne?

In SystmOne, Accurx Desktop checks SMS consent status in the "Patients Details" ✏️ (instead of checking for SNOMED codes).
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You can change SMS consent status for a patient in SystmOne by following the below steps:

  1. Search and load the patient in SystmOne,

  2. Select the "Administrative" tab on the left-hand side and select "Patient Details"

  3. Select the "Record Contact Details" button and

  4. Change the preferred contact method as per the patients preference

  5. Then select the relevant consent as per the option below πŸ‘‡

How does Accurx Desktop check consent in Vision?

Accurx Desktop checks for the following codes in the patient medical record in Vision, to see whether a patient has opted in or out of SMS messages:

Consent given βœ”οΈ

Consent given for communication by short message service text messaging
READ: 9NdP

Consent given for communication by email
READ: 9NdS

Consent declined ❌

Declined consent for short message service text messaging
READ: 9NdQ
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Declined consent for communication by email
READ: 9Ndy


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