Patients prefer their consent to share their data and to manage it digitally.

he current ability to share patient data between different practices, who each specialise in different aspects of the patients care, is a long process.

A group of patients with diabetes were surveyed on their understanding of the consent process to have their medical data shared with digital platforms offering innovations to the management of their condition.

The current ability to share patient data between different practices, who each specialise in different aspects of the patients care, is a long process.

However, the Dovetail digital consent application uses a mobile application and blockchain infrastructure to offer an IT technology, which facilitate sharing patient data and offer them the right to revoke consent.

Patients found the Dovetail digital consent favourable, as they were empowered to manage their condition within an integrated care setting, whilst maintaining control over sharing of their data.

Patients with diabetes often must see many different stakeholders who each specialise in different aspects of their treatment. Researchers from WMG, University of Warwick surveyed patients on their understanding of how their data was shared and found they would prefer to have it shared digitally using the Dovetail Digital consent application.