myGrandCentral: the Patient Portal

Why Use This Function:

Signing a Consent Form with an SMS/Email Link refers to the process where you receive a secure link via SMS or Email that directs you to myGC, an online platform where the Consent Form can be reviewed and electronically signed. This method is used to facilitate quick and efficient authorisation without the need for physical paperwork, ensuring a paperless Practice.

The Contents of This User Manual

• Form Information 
• Form Contents
• Attached Documents
• Acceptt
• Decline

• This user manual will start on the Email that you received from the Practitioner.

💡Please Note: Links to Consent Forms can also be sent via SMS.

• Click on the Click to View Form button.

• The Verify Your Identity screen will open.

• Click on the Continue button once you have verified your details.

• The Consent Form will open.

Form Information

Additional information regarding the Consent Form.

• Date: The Date the Consent Form was sent to you.
• Heading: The type of Document that was sent to you.
• Subject: What the Form is about.

Form Contents

The body of the form that outlines what you are consenting to. 

Attached Documents

Files that are included in the Consent Form provide additional information, supporting material, or resources that are relevant to the form.

• Click on the Download button to download each attachment for future reference.

Accept

Agreeing to the contents of the Consent Form.

• Click on the Accept button.

• The Accept Consent Form pop-up will appear.

• Tick the Signed by a Proxy checkbox for more signing fields to become available.

💡Please Note: A Proxy's role in providing medical consent is crucial in ensuring that a Patient receives necessary and appropriate care when they are unable to make decisions themselves. The Proxy acts based on legal authority, the Patient's best interests, and the Patient's expressed wishes, ensuring that medical treatments are administered promptly and ethically.

• Click on the Proxy Name and Surname field to enter your Name and Surname.

• Click on the Proxy ID Number field to enter your identification number.

• Click on the Proxy ID Number field to enter your identification number.

• Alternatively, Click on the Signature field to draw your Signature in the space provided. 

• Click on the Clear button to clear the Signature field to try again.
  

• Click on the Ok button to save the Signature.

Decline

When consent is not given.

• Click on the Decline button. 

• The Decline Consent Form pop-up will appear.

• Tick the Signed by a Proxy checkbox for more signing fields to become available.

• Click on the Proxy Name and Surname field to decline the form through proxy.

• Click on the Proxy ID Number field to decline the form through proxy.

• Click on the Proxy Contact Number field to decline the form through proxy.

• Click on the Reason for Decline to advise why you are declining Consent.

• Click on the Ok button to save.