How can the law better enable consultation recording?

A rejoinder

Authors

  • Amelia Hyatt Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
  • Megan Prictor University of Melbourne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.23424

Keywords:

consultation recording, law, rejoinder

Abstract

A rejoinder to the review by Elywn and colleages.

Author Biographies

  • Amelia Hyatt, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

    Amelia Hyatt (BAPsych [Hons], MPH, PhD candidate) works in Health Services Research and Implementation Science at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Her research interests include health policy, health systems, equity, health literacy and communication and cervical cancer prevention and control. She has a keen interest in developing innovative solutions to address healthcare inequities, such as the SecondEars consultation-recording app.

  • Megan Prictor, University of Melbourne

    Megan Prictor (LLB [Hons], PhD) is a Senior Lecturer at Melbourne Law School and the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, University of Melbourne, specialising in law and emerging technologies in healthcare. She has a particular interest in the design of legal and governance mechanisms to support technologies enabling better health communication, patient engagement and clinical outcomes. She has published extensively on informed consent, including dynamic consent, on health data governance and on legal issues pertaining to clinical decision support software and consultation audio recording.

References

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Hyatt, Amelia, Ruby Lipson-Smith, Bryce Morkunas, Meinir Krishnasamy, Michael Jefford, Kathryn Baxter, Karla Gough, Declan Murphy et al. (2020) Testing consultation recordings in a clinical setting with the SecondEars smartphone app: Mixed methods implementation study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8 (1): Article e15593. https://doi.org/10.2196/15593

Lipson-Smith, Ruby, Fiona White, Alan White, Lesley Serong, Guy Cooper, Georgia Price-Bell and Amelia Hyatt (2019) Co-design of a consultation audio-recording mobile app for people with cancer: The SecondEars app. JMIR Formative Research 3 (1): Article e11111. https://doi.org/10.2196/11111

Pitkethly, Marie, Stephen MacGillivray and Rebecca Ryan (2008) Recordings or summaries of consultations for people with cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 3: Article CD001539. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD001539.pub2

Prictor, Megan, Carolyn Johnston and Amelia Hyatt (2021) Overt and covert recordings of health care consultations in Australia: Some legal con­siderations. Medical Journal of Australia 214 (3): 119–123, e111. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50838

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Tsulukidze, Maka, Marie-Anne Durand, Paul J. Barr, Thomas Mead and Glyn Elwyn (2014) Providing recording of clinical consultation to patients – A highly valued but underutilized intervention: A scoping review. Patient Education and Counseling 95 (3): 297–304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2014.02.007

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Published

2024-01-16

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Forum Discussion

License

copyright Equinox Publishing Ltd.

How to Cite

Hyatt, A., & Prictor, M. (2024). How can the law better enable consultation recording? A rejoinder. Communication and Medicine, 19(1), 86-89. https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.23424