I wondered if anyone has thoughts of documenting consent on EHR/EPR systems. Many sites have moved to electronic documentation on Electronic Patient Record systems and many have the ability to make templates or checklists staff can complete to capture information, some also have the ability for "smart text and paragraphs" which can pre-populate text that is often required frequently for ease. Has anyone come across sites using pre-populated texts or checklists to document consent discussions to capture information and what is the opinion on this, as most consent discussions would then appear pretty identical for patients. However on the flip side but these prompt and fields that could be selected would capture information that is normally left out when relying on free text clinical annotations. What templates and extent of prompts would be acceptable, or should pre-populated templates and checklists be avoided?