Pediatric eConsent and eHealth Ethics focuses on the ethical, legal and practical considerations involved in obtaining electronic consent and managing digital health information for children. As healthcare systems adopt electronic records, online platforms, mobile-health tools and telemedicine, ensuring ethical standards in pediatric digital care becomes increasingly important. Children have unique privacy needs, varying levels of comprehension and dependence on caregivers for decision making. Ethical frameworks must therefore be carefully adapted to protect their rights while enabling effective digital care.

Electronic consent (eConsent) aims to make information clearer, more accessible and easier for families to understand. It may include videos, graphics, plain-language explanations and interactive modules that support informed decision making. Many clinicians learn digital-serious ethics considerations during a pediatrics conference, where experts discuss consent frameworks, privacy laws, documentation standards and digital-care communication. Pediatric eConsent and eHealth Ethics emphasise transparency, comprehension and safeguards that ensure ethical digital interactions.

A major concept involves understanding pediatric digital consent frameworks, which balance autonomy, parental authority and child involvement. As children grow, their ability to understand medical decisions increases, and eConsent must reflect this developmental progression. Digital systems must verify identity, document agreement and provide clear information about risks, benefits and alternatives.

Ethical considerations extend to data privacy, cybersecurity, information sharing, artificial intelligence, clinical decision support systems and telehealth interactions. Protecting children’s digital health data is essential, as breaches may expose sensitive information or create long-term consequences. Because digital tools can influence clinical decisions, developers must ensure that algorithms remain fair, transparent and free from bias that could harm vulnerable populations.

Healthcare teams must also address equity, ensuring that families with limited digital access, language barriers or low digital literacy can still provide informed consent and participate safely in digital care. Pediatric eConsent and eHealth Ethics aim to ensure that all digital-health processes remain child-centred, secure and ethically responsible.