eCornerstone Consent Form
eCornerstone, a system that collects and uses data on a wide range of state programs for individuals. These programs include WIC, (Woman, Infants and Children): Immunizations: Case Management, Prenatal and Postpartum Care; Pediatric Primary Care; Early Intervention; Breast and Cervical Cancer; Diabetes Control; Youth Programs and Health Families Illinois.
We are seeking your permission to share information about the participant for enrollment and case management purposes. This information includes the participant's participation in any of the programs listed above. Based on the information, we may determine that the participant could benefit from other state funded programs. We will also use the information in order to provide and pay for services which the participant is enrolling and to refer the participant for the necessary services.
We protect personal information we collect about the participant by maintaining the physical, electronic and procedural safeguards. Program participation information will be shared only with authorized staff with a direct need to know about the participant. Information may also be released as necessary for participation authorization, and for program audit and evaluation purposes. Necessary information without any participant's name, will also be sent to federal and/or state agencies that fund this program.
By signing this Consent Form, you agree to allow the information as described in this consent to be used by this agency as described in the consent. The person(s) receiving this information has(ve) a legal and ethical duty to keep the information confidential and private and not release it to anyone else except as described in this consent , without your written permission, unless a law allows it.
A. I hereby authorize OMNI (eCornerstone site) to compare data already entered in the computer system regarding any other of the above programs that the participant may have participated in with data about the participant collected during this enrollment/registration process, and to release data as necessary to provide the service requested and the referrals necessary.
B. This consent covers all the medical social and financial information about the participant, including participant background and demographic information; health visit information; medical and developmental history; prenatal birth; and postpartum data; infant/child visit data; immunization records; participant risks and protective factors, problems or factors that prevent the participant from receiving proper medical care; appointments made and services received; goals and care plan; WIC food packages; program information; information required by the federal Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program; Youth Programs; and Early Intervention Program, but only as relevant to the service being provided and as necessary to accomplish that above purposes.
C. This consent does not cover information about the diagnosis of or treatment for mental health, AIDS, HIV, sexually transmissible diseases, alcoholism, and drug abuse which will not be released to other programs pursuant to this consent.
D. I am making this consent within the limits of my legal authority. I understand that I may revoke this consent in writing at any time, but that revoking this consent will not cancel what was done before I revoked it. I also understand and agree not to hold this agency or the Illinois Departments of Human Services or Public Health liable for the release of any information about me in accordance with the terms of this consent form or as allowed by law
E. A photostatic copy/facsimile of this consent will be as valid as the original.
You have just read the Department of Human Services' "eCornerstone Informed Consent Form". Please read the information below which specifies exactly what is visible and what can be shared with whom in the eCornerstone system.
Please read the consent options below and choose one.
Full Consent - This consent covers all the medical, social and financial information about the participant, including participant background an demographic information; health visit information; medical and developmental history; prenatal birth, and postpartum data; infant/child visit data; immunization records; participant risks and protective factors; problems or factors that prevent the participant from receiving proper medical care; appointments made and services received; goals and care plan; WIC food packages; program information; information required by the federal Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program; Youth Programs; and Early Intervention Program, but only as relevant to the service being provided and as necessary to accomplish the above purposes. Per DHS, the consent does not cover the diagnosis of or treatment for mental health, AIDS, HIV, sexually transmissible diseases, alcoholism, and drug abuse which will not be released to other programs pursuant to this consent. This information is visible by other agencies which utilize the eCornerstone system.
Partial Consent - The consent will allow for the state to receive all the above data, however, only the client demographic information is visible to other funded service providers. Services are provided to clients, partially funded through these grants. As a condition of the grant, this client demographic information and YASI results are provided to the Department of Human Services.
Refusal of Consent - The consent is refused by the client and/or their parent/guardian. I understand that by refusing I am required to pay the full fee for services provided by OMNI, since DHS will not be supplementing funding.
If full consent is not granted, the client information will not be shared with other providers beyond the intake information. The client will still participate in the program but will not receive the full benefits of case management and coordination. The ability of case managers to track their case to ensure that client is receiving proper services will be limited. Finally, it may take longer to receive services.
If partial consent is not provided, the Department of Human Services will not reimburse OMNI for the services provided.
OMNI provides the necessary security for all computer related transfer of data and other issues. For full details, you can request a copy of our "MIS Overview Policy".