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View all results of this resource type.At the State Policy Level, Shared Decision Making is Here to Stay
Shared decision making garnered national attention when it was among delivery system reforms contained in the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation that was signed into law as part of the Accountable Care Act (ACA). The much anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the fate of ACA will happen in a matter of weeks. Regardless of what the Supreme Court decides, Benjamin W. Moulton, Foundation senior legal advisor, does not want policy makers to lose sight of how shared decision making is, and will continue to be, an important tool for improving health care delivery at the state level. Continue reading
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View all results of this resource type.Shared Decision Making to Improve Care and Reduce Costs
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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View all results of this resource type.[HealthLeaders Media] 'Informed Decision' May Irk Surgeons as it Cuts Costs, Improves Quality
"In Boston, the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation is developing tools for health plans and others to help patients learn more about the procedures they are about to undergo. The foundation defines an informed decision even more broadly."Read the full article.
[HealthLeaders Media] Informed Decision Tools Largely Reduce Ortho Joint Surgeries
"The two decision tools, which were developed by the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation in Boston and Health Dialog, explain to patients details of the surgery they are about to have, what non-surgical options exist, what life-style changes they could make, and what physical therapy and walking aids or pain medications, or complementary and alternative therapies might be selected instead of surgery."Read the full article.
