Clinical care

Record a consent

Record encounter consent details and category, then attach supporting documents.

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Before you begin

The patient is registered in MANSOQ, and you open an encounter of that patient.
You open the encounter from the facility, and the encounter is active.
You have the permission listed below. MANSOQ hides the **Add Consent** button from the users who cannot write to the encounter.

1. Open the Consents tab

Open the encounter of the patient.
Select the Consents tab.

2. Start the consent form

Select Add Consent. MANSOQ opens the Add Consent sheet.

The sheet holds these fields.

Components	What it captures
Consent Given On	The date and time when the patient gives the consent. This field is mandatory.
Consent Valid From	The date and time from which the consent is valid. This field is optional.
Consent Valid Until	The date and time until which the consent is valid. This field is optional.
Consent Decision	The answer of the patient: Permit or Deny.
Category	The subject of the consent.
Status	The current state of the consent: Draft, Active, Inactive, Not Done, or Entered in Error. MANSOQ sets Active as the default value.
Note	Free text about the consent. This field is optional.

3. Enter the consent details

Enter the date and time in Consent Given On.
Enter Consent Valid From and Consent Valid Until for a consent with a validity period.
Select Permit or Deny for Consent Decision.
Select the Status of the consent.
Enter a Note about the consent.

4. Select the category

Open the Category list. MANSOQ shows a short description under each option.

Category	Description
Research	Consent to take part in a research protocol and to share information.
Privacy Consent	Consent to collect, access, use, or share information.
Treatment	Consent to undergo a specific treatment.
Do Not Resuscitate	Consent to not receive CPR or resuscitation in a cardiac event.
Advance Directive	Consent that the patient gives before a possible need for medical treatment.
Advance Care Directive	Consent for the actions to take if the patient can no longer decide.

Select the category of the consent.

Note: MANSOQ also holds a Comfort MANSOQ category, but this form has no option for it. You cannot select Comfort MANSOQ. This is a known gap in the product.

5. Attach the supporting documents

You can attach one or more files to the consent in the Supporting Documents section.

Choose a file. MANSOQ accepts these file types: jpg, jpeg, png, and pdf.
Enter a name for the file. The name is mandatory.
Repeat these steps for each more file.

Note: MANSOQ uploads the files after it saves the consent record.

6. Save the consent

Select Save.

Permissions

Permission	Access
Update Encounter related clinical data	Lets you record a consent against an encounter. Admin, Doctor, Nurse, and Facility Admin have this permission.

Expected Outcome

MANSOQ shows the message "Consent created successfully".
MANSOQ shows the new consent as a card on the Consents tab.
MANSOQ uploads the attached files to the new consent.

Version and facility configuration

This procedure is grounded in the repository’s version 3.1 user guide and the audited source revision. Available encounter types, required demographics, terminology, permissions and enabled services depend on your facility configuration. Use the labels and access controls on your own instance; the source references below identify the documented implementation.

Source evidence

References are pinned to the private MANSOQ source repository. Repository access is required to open these links.