The entire world is facing a situation unlike anything this generation has ever seen. What with stories of illness and uncertainty dominating the news, lockdown resulting in prolonged separation from loved ones and the financial impact that furlough and job loss has had on thousands, it’s unsurprising that anxiety is on the rise. [1] During…

Allowing patients to engage remotely with consent information, and even complete a draft consent form prior to admission, offers clear benefits over a paper-based pathway.

EIDO Healthcare being the leading provider of consent content for surgical patient education, we’re expanding our global outreach so people all around the globe receive the quality information they deserve. New approaches toward better clinical outcomes strongly promote patient involvement in care, where the patient is an informed counterpart of the whole care process. In…

As of 20 May, the law around organ donation has changed. The new ‘opt-out’ system is now in place, meaning all adults are considered organ donors unless they record their decision not to.

We’ve recently upgraded our Download Centre with a notification system. This new feature enables us to share library updates and improvements with our customers, right in the Download Centre.

Conferences are an important way of creating and maintaining ties within the healthcare community and keeping up to date with the latest medical and technological innovations. The EIDO team is excited to attend the following conferences this year, both here in the UK and around the globe! We’ll be showcasing our digital products which promise…

EIDO Healthcare are delighted to announce our new partnership with James IV Association of Surgeons. James IV will support us in highlighting the importance of informed consent and quality patient information throughout the world. James IV Association The James IV Association of Surgeons is an exclusive group of surgical leaders from around the globe. Their regional…

Malpractice litigation is a growing problem within healthcare. Click to learn how EIDO Healthcare can help you reduce your consent-related litigation costs.

Our document library, known as EIDO Inform, holds nearly 400 surgical procedure information documents. These are available to customers via our Download Centre.

‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.’ Nelson Mandela When your health is jeopardised, it can be worrying and often frightening. It becomes scarier still if you struggle to understand the information your doctor or surgeon…

What is patient-centred care Patient-centred care is a move towards a type of healthcare in which the patients’ needs and desires are the focus of every conversation and decision. The Institute of Medicine describe this as ‘providing care that is respectful of, and responsive to, individual patient preferences, needs and values, and ensuring that patient…

New cases, new learnings Consent to treatment is a complex and unpredictable field, in which laws are continuously changing in the light of new cases brought to the courts. In recent years, this is best demonstrated in the well-publicised case of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board in 2015, which had a great impact on the…