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Patient Involvement
Patient involvement refers to the role the patient plays in the medical decision making process. Many factors come into play that affect how much influence the patient has in the decision making process, including how and when the patient is involved in the process and the desire of the patient to take an active role in their care.
Our Library
Below you will find samples of our most recent acquisitions in Patient Involvement, grouped by resource type.
Shared Decision-Making® Program Research
View all results of this resource type in Patient Involvement.Involving Patients in Clinical Decisions: Impact of an Interactive Video Program on Use of Back Surgery
September 1, 2000
Deyo RA, Cherkin DC, Weinstein J, et al. Involving patients in clinical decisions: Impact of an interactive video program on use of back surgery. Med Care. 2000;38(9):959-69. Read the abstract. Continue reading
Featured Shared Decision Making Publications
View all results of this resource type in Patient Involvement.Building Patient-Centeredness in the Real World: The Engaged Patient and the Accountable Care Organization
May 30, 2012
The accountable care organization began life as a catchphrase signifying a shift in the relationship between a hospital and its doctors. By forming an ACO, a hospital and medical staff shared clinical and financial responsibility for coordinating care to improve quality and lower costs. The patient's role was essentially passive, like a car door that ends up with fewer dents and nicks thanks to better management of the auto assembly line. … Continue reading
Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Perspectives
View all results of this resource type in Patient Involvement.Patients Want to be Involved
May 1, 2011
Imprecisely worded and poorly designed survey questions have caused considerable confusion about the degree to which patients want to be involved in medical decisions. When questions are worded such that patients understand that they are not being asked to make decisions requiring technical clinical information and particularly when respondents have been given basic information about the decision they are facing, survey data are extremely consistent; most patients want to be informed and to play a direct and active role in the decision making process.… Continue reading
Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research
View all results of this resource type in Patient Involvement.Effects of Decision Ambiguity on Shared Medical Decision Making
September 30, 2011
To evaluate the impact of ambiguity on shared medical decision making using scenarios on future medicine and unconventional medicine. To develop and test a decision aid tool to help patients and physicians understand ambiguity and to encourage a shared medical decision making process that is applicable to ambiguous decisions that involve future medicine and unconventional medicine. … Continue reading
Overdiagnosis in Screening Mammography: Examination of Women's Attitudes and Responses to Information about Overdiagnosis
May 15, 2011
The overall purpose of this research is to contribute to improving communication with the community about screening mammography. The research involves developing and evaluating educational materials and strategies to meet the important ethical objective of providing balanced information about screening outcomes in order to support screening decisions.… Continue reading
