{"id":1202,"date":"2024-04-01T20:11:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2024-04-01T21:12:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:12:31","slug":"written-patient-consent-required-for-sensitive-exams-hhs-guidance-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/01\/written-patient-consent-required-for-sensitive-exams-hhs-guidance-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Written patient consent required for sensitive exams, HHS guidance says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;The US Department of Health and Human Services issued&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2024\/04\/01\/letter-to-the-nations-teaching-hospitals-and-medical-schools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new guidance<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday clarifying that hospitals must obtain written consent for sensitive exams, such as pelvic, breast or prostate exams \u2013 especially if patients will be under anesthesia during the exam. . .&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ MORE <\/strong>of this article by Mira Cheng, CNN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/01\/health\/hospitals-written-patient-consent-pelvic-exams-hhs\/index.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medical Disclaimer<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>The information on this blog is for educational purposes only. It is not intended in any manner as professional medical advice.\u00a0 I am not a medical doctor.\u00a0\u00a0 The reader should consult a healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information on this blog for their own situation, or if they have questions or issues regarding a medical condition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The US Department of Health and Human Services issued&nbsp;new guidance&nbsp;on Monday clarifying that hospitals must obtain written consent for sensitive exams, such as pelvic, breast or prostate exams \u2013 especially if patients will be under anesthesia during the exam. . .&#8221; READ MORE of this article by Mira Cheng, CNN: Medical Disclaimer:\u00a0The information on this blog is for educational purposes only. It is not intended in any manner as professional medical advice.\u00a0 I am not a medical doctor.\u00a0\u00a0 The reader should consult a healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information on this blog for their own situation, or if they have questions or issues regarding a medical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20,21,22,24],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynviolence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}