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[H&HN] Shared Decision-Making: Giving the Patient a Say. No, Really.
“The SDM concept dates to 1989, when two Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center physicians — John Wennberg, M.D., and Albert Mulley Jr., M.D. — started the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation. The next year, the foundation published its first decision aid — a … Continue reading
[MarketWatch WSJ] Medicare, Medigap Cuts May Make You Sick
“When it comes to cost analyses for the 65-plus set, Medicare itself should assume some of the burden, said Floyd J. Fowler Jr., senior scientific adviser for the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates shared decision making … Continue reading
Tagged Floyd J. Fowler, health care costs, informed decisions, MarketWatch, Medicare, overtreatment, shared decision making, WSJ
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[ScienceLine] Visualizing the very end: A group of doctors advocates use of videos in advance care planning
“For the better part of the last decade, Volandes, who studied filmmaking during medical school, has been producing short videos to inform decision making about end-of-life care. With funding from the federal government and the [Informed Medical Decisions Foundation], Volandes … Continue reading
Tagged advance care planning, Angelo Volandes, cancer, decision aids, end of life, informed decisions, Medicare, shared decision making
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[The Hospitalist] Why Hospital Patients’ Expectations Should Dictate Their Care
“It is important to realize that policymakers are lauding the promise of SDM and incorporating its use into rules, regulations, and funding opportunities. For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires SDM to participate in its accountable-care … Continue reading
Tagged CMS, health care policy, Medicaid, Medicare, policy makers, shared decision making
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[American Medical News] Health IT Lags ad Facilitator in Shared Decision-Making
“The RAND study’s conclusions were based on looking at participants in a project by the Boston-based Informed Medical Decisions Foundation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, MaineHealth, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mercy Clinics in Iowa, the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network, … Continue reading
Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, decision aids, electronic health records, Health Affairs, HIT, RAND, shared decision making
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[Becker's Hospital Review] 5 Barriers, Facilitators of Shared Decision-Making
“Shared decision-making in healthcare, in which patients and providers share information and jointly make decisions based on the individual needs of the patient, requires a significant investment, according to a study in Health Affairs. Researchers surveyed 23 people from eight … Continue reading
Tagged Health Affairs, primary care, shared decision making
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[Clinical Innovation+Technology] Shared Decision Making Challenging for PCPs
“The demonstration project was launched in July 2009 and led by the Boston-based Informed Medical Decisions Foundation. The project supported and followed early adopters as they planned and implemented decision aids geared to improving patient engagement. The study was authored … Continue reading
Tagged decision aids, Health Affairs, patient engagement, primary care, RAND, shared decision making
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[Modern Healthcare] Obstacles Ahead: Shared Decisionmaking Faces Roadblocks, Despite Push, Incentives
“Dr. Richard Wexler, chief medical officer of the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, Boston, contends that financial incentives will probably need to be much more explicitly tied to shared decisionmaking [sic], however, in order to effect real change. ‘It’s very hard … Continue reading
