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View all results of this resource type.Expanding the International Reach of our Decision Aids
The Informed Medical Decisions Foundation is currently working to expand the international reach of our decision aids with a number of exciting localization projects currently in the works with our partner Bupa and other international colleagues. Three academic groups in French-speaking countries are working with our staff to develop a study to evaluate the use of decision aids for prostate cancer screening. Continue reading
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Tagged Bupa, decision aids, shared decision making
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Decision Aids Shown (Again) to Improve Decision Quality
The updated Cochrane Collaborative review of 86 randomized control trials (in six countries), involving 34 decisions, set out to find out how well decision aids prepare people to participate in decisions that involve weighing benefits, harms and scientific uncertainty. What the authors found was that decision aids not only improve the individual’s knowledge of their options, including the benefits and harms of those options, but decision aids also assist people in reaching choices that are more consistent with their informed values, while fostering collaboration with their provider. Continue reading
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Tagged Cochrane Collaborative, decision aids, health care, shared decision making
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Shared Decision Making Resources
View all results of this resource type.Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG)
The Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG) is a general decision aid tool that can be used for any medical decision. Continue reading
International Patient Decision Aids Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration
The IPDAS collaboration consists of international researchers, practitioners and stakeholders working to establish an internationally approved set of criteria for patient decision aid quality. Continue reading
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Shared Decision-Making® Program Research
View all results of this resource type.How does A German Audience Appraise an American Decision Aid on Early Stage Breast Cancer?
Albrecht K, Simon D, Buchholz A, et al. How does a German audience appraise an American decision aid on early stage breast cancer? Patient Educ Couns. 2011;83(1):58-63.
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Tagged breast cancer, decision aids, Shared Decision-Making® programs
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Randomized Trial of a Video-Based Patient Decision Aid for Bariatric Surgery
Arterburn DE, Westbrook EO, Bogart T, et al. Randomized trial of a video-based patient decision aid for bariatric surgery. Obesity. 2011;19(8):1669-75.
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Tagged bariatric surgery, decision aids, Shared Decision-Making® programs
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Featured Shared Decision Making Publications
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View all results of this resource type.Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Perspectives
View all results of this resource type.Shared Decision Making & Medical Costs
The strongest argument for shared decision making is that patients have a fundamental right to understand all the reasonable medical options and the arguments for and against each option. Simply put, informing and involving patients in medical decisions is the right thing to do. By being informed and involved, patients have the ability to avoid having surgery that exposes them to risks they do not think are worth the benefits. In addition to those certain benefits, the evidence is also mounting that shared decision making is likely to pay for itself -- and it may well do better than that. Continue reading
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View all results of this resource type.[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 and other doctors have tested the videos in controlled studies, and they have been integrated into standard practice at 35 large health care organizations in the U.S."Read the full-text article.
[The Dartmouth] DHMC Campuses Offer Decision-Making Tools
"These decision aids 'pave the way' for patients to have conversations with a health coach or specialist, Burstein said. These decision aids, which were developed by the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, now include condensed online resources that provide interactive material, according to Megan Bowen, the Foundation's implementation manager. Bowen said that feedback indicated the DVD materials are more useful than online programs."Read the full story.
Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research
View all results of this resource type.Evaluation of DVD and Internet Decision Aids for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: Focus on Health Literacy
This study will advance the evidence base regarding best methods for facilitating informed decisions among patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) by comparing DVD and Crossroads online formats of decision aids (DAs) for these conditions. Continue reading
Examining the Relationship Between Decision Support Interventions and Outcome Measurements: Applying the IPDAS Instrument to the Results of the Cochrane Systematic Review of Patient Decision Aids
The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration has led to the development of a quality checklist and, more recently, an instrument to assess the quality of decision support interventions. We recognize that further work is required to examine the relationships between International Patient Decision Aid Standards instrument (IPDASi) scores and the outcomes achieved in clinical trials. Continue reading
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Tagged Cochrane Review, decision aids, decision support, IPDAS, IPDASi
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Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Demonstration Site
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is comprised of physicians, specialists and other providers working together at different locations to meet the health care needs of patients in northern New England. The Center for Shared Decision Making (CSDM) at DHMC, opened its doors in 1999 as the first center in the U.S. to be dedicated to shared decision making, and became a Foundation funded primary and specialty care demonstration site at that time. True pioneers in the shared decision making arena, DHMC continues to perfect the process of providing access to decision aids and decision support to patients as a routine process of care. Continue reading
UCSF Breast Care Center
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Breast Care Center (BCC) is a high volume specialty clinic providing multi-disciplinary care in a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Eight medical oncologists and four surgeons, among dozens of specialists, providers and staff conduct more than 1,000 consultations annually, caring for more than 600 newly diagnosed patients each year. The Breast Care Center at UCSF became a Foundation funded specialty care demonstration site in 2005 in order to offer their patients a unique type of decision support and guidance along their journey. Continue reading
