I think Elizabeth means the consent form which gives you mom's permission to touch her and the baby, as well as to share information with her HCP etc. I have never seen such a document, but in many of the LC books there are is information about these forms. I suppose this is an American thing based on liability issues and am quite curious how the European consultants deal with these things. Christina Yaneva BF Peer Councellor Bulgaria --- On Wed, 7/7/10, gonneke van veldhuizen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: gonneke van veldhuizen <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: consultations via Skype > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 10:27 AM > Ofcourse a Skyped consut is a consult > and should be carried out and charted (and billed) as any. > But I don;t understand the ''consent to consult''. If a mom > calls/emails me in order to schedule a consult does she not > implicitly consent to consult me? Why would she make the > appointment otherwise? Or are you talking consent like to > use the contents of the consult or any viewable materials > for use of research or education? It would be easy enough to > send those forms afterwards for her to return signed. And > how is this different fom working via telephone or email > consultation as many of us are doing regularly already? > Just wondering here if this is a cultural thing. > > Warmly, > Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LClecturer taking a > reading-twilight-saga-summer vacation for a couple of days > with just the bare minimum of LC work in southern > Netherlands > > --- On Tue, 7/6/10, Elizabeth Brooks <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > From: Elizabeth Brooks <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [LACTNET] consultations via Skype > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 1:07 PM > > Cathy Genna shares with us the marvels of a consult over > cyberspace. If any > others are thinking of venturing into this medium, I offer > a gentle reminder > that any non-face-to-face consultation still has to operate > under the > "rules" of a traditional visit. So -- you need a consent > to consult, and > you need to chart, and you may need to communicate with > other health care > providers about the visit. A private practitioner should > be compensated for > the time -- altho LCinPPs have lots of business-savvy ways > to handle > compensation for follow-up and care plan tweaks. > > How do you get a "signed" consent over Skype? Go for > verbal when you are on > the camera, and add a note to the file. "Mom--see this > piece of paper in my > hand? It is the consent form I would customarily have you > sign if we were > face-to-face. Let me read it to you [and yes, you have to > read it to > her]. Mom, do you agree with everything in this > form?" When she answers > "Yes," *you* write on the consent form: "After IBCLC > orally read this form, > verbal consent was given by [client name] during our Skype > consult of 20 > April 2010" [or whenever]. If you are really clever, you > will e-mail the > form to her before your scheduled Skype time. When you > see each other on > camera, you'll say "Mom, did you read, and do you agree > with, the consent > form I sent you?" When she says "Yes" you'll write > something like "Mom > received consent form by e-mail prior to our Skype > consult. She reports > during our 20 April 2010 Skype consult that she received, > read and agrees > with the consent form." > > Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA > Wyndmoor, PA, USA > > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] > Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] > COMMANDS: > 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body > of an email: set lactnet nomail > 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail > 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get > lactnet welcome > > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] > Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] > COMMANDS: > 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body > of an email: set lactnet nomail > 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail > 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get > lactnet welcome > *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome