The Evolution of Patient Engagement and eConsent in the COVID 19 Era

Description: Now, imagine an approach where a patient is presented with an iPad that explains the details of the trial in layman’s terms with video, graphics, and text. At any point, the patient might pause the presentation and ask a question that could be answered by the program or could be forwarded to a staff member. The program could be customized for that patient so it shows what an individual’s schedule would look like over the coming months and, based on zip code, how many miles their home is from each site. While this is not the description of an actual system, it’s one that isn’t hard to envision considering the capabilities of today’s technology. It flips a process that today is rather site-centric to one that is patient-centric