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Below you will find samples of our most recent acquisitions in Decision Aid Effectiveness, grouped by resource type.
Shared Decision-Making® Program Research
View all results of this resource type in Decision Aid Effectiveness.Introducing Decision Aids at Group Health was Linked to Sharply Lower Hip and Knee Surgery Rates and Costs
September 4, 2012
Arterburn D, Wellman R, Westbrook E, et al. Introducing decision aids at Group Health was linked to sharply lower hip and knee surgery rates and costs. Health Aff. 2012 Sept 4;(9):2094-104.… Continue reading
Featured Shared Decision Making Publications
View all results of this resource type in Decision Aid Effectiveness.Shared Decision Making to Improve Care and Reduce Costs
January 3, 2013
A sleeper provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) encourages greater use of shared decision making in health care. For many health situations in which there's not one clearly superior course of treatment, shared decision making can ensure that medical care better aligns with patients' preferences and values. One way to implement this approach is by using patient decision aids -- written materials, videos, or interactive electronic presentations designed to inform patients and their families about care options; each option's outcomes, including benefits and possible side effects; the health care team's skills; and costs. Shared decision making has the potential to provide numerous benefits for patients, clinicians, and the health care system, including increased patient knowledge, less anxiety over the care process, improved health outcomes, reductions in unwarranted variation in care and costs, and great alignment of care with patients' values.… Continue reading
Posted in Cost, Decision Aid Effectiveness, Health Care Policy, Patient Decision Aids, Patient Preferences, SDM Implementation
Tagged ACA, CMS, Cochrane Collaborative, decision aids, Group Health, health care costs, HHS, IOM, IPDAS, Medicare, NEJM, PCORI, practice variation, shared decision making
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Introducing Decision Aids at Group Health was Linked to Sharply Lower Hip and Knee Surgery Rates and Costs
September 4, 2012
An observational study reporting the changes in surgical rates and costs in the first eighteen months following the start of a program to introduce decision aids for hip and knee osteoarthritis in the Group Health system. They found a 38% reduction in knee surgeries and a 26% reduction in hip surgeries; findings consistent with results from randomized studies of decision aids.… Continue reading
Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research
View all results of this resource type in Decision Aid Effectiveness.Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Decision Boxes in Primary Healthcare Interdisciplinary Teams to Facilitate Shared Decision Making
September 30, 2011
Our primary aim is to explore the barriers and facilitators influencing primary healthcare interdisciplinary teams' use of decision boxes in clinical practice. … Continue reading
Decision Making on the Go: A Mobile App Interpretation of a Prostate Cancer Decision Aid
May 15, 2011
The objectives are to 1) Survey mobile use around health issues in men newly eligible for prostate cancer screening, and 2) to develop a mobile PSA decision aid prototype based on the previously validated internet-based Prosdex decision support intervention (DESI) in preparation for subsequent field testing.… Continue reading
