Implementing ChiroSecure Informed Consent Continued 866-802-4476 www.chirosecure.com 5. As a proactive practitioner, remember to approach each patient interaction as an opportunity to orient them to what they can expect from chiropractic care. This is especially true if they are first-time patients. While most patients will experience an immediate benefit from chiropractic care, not all patients will react in the same way. A frank discussion of possible temporary or short-term discomfort (possible soreness, etc.) helps patients keep things in better and more realistic perspective. This also serves to increase your credibility with the patient, as well as your defensibility should any unforeseen issue arise. 6. Such frank and open dialogue can only strengthen the doctor/patient relationship, address patient concerns in a direct and honest manner and enhance the positive nature of the chiropractic experience. Ultimately, if a patient voices serious concerns, don't be afraid to politely offer them the option of considering other care. Usually this will cause a patient to relax, but, if not, perhaps they weren't ready for care after all. 7. Use a professionally drafted Informed Consent. We have worked with experienced chiropractic attorneys and chiropractors to create the enclosed Informed Consent. This form has been approved by the National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys, who are the attorneys who represent the chiropractic state associations and licensing boards across the country. This Informed Consent addresses many of the risks associated with some of the more common chiropractic treatment modalities. If you are using modalities with risks not addressed in this Informed Consent, you will want to customize your form to advise patients of those additional risks. For an informed consent to be legal it must detail potential benefits and risks of the procedure, as well as common alternatives to the procedure-including refusing care and the risks associated with that decision. 8. Adapt the informed consent to add or eliminate procedures consistent with your own personal practice.
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