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View all results of this resource type.What Will it Take to Avoid Avoidable Care? Nothing Less than a Culture Shift Say Conference Organizers
Last week the first major medical meeting devoted to the topic of avoidable care was held in Cambridge, MA. The two-day Avoiding Avoidable Care Conference was organized by the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the New America Foundation, and co-hosted by the Institute of Medicine. Attendees included experienced, practicing clinicians from a broad range of medical specialties, along with thought leaders in health policy. Continue reading →
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 →
Featured Shared Decision Making Publications
View all results of this resource type.Rethinking Informed Consent: The Case for Shared Medical Decision-Making
This comprehensive article examines the current status and history of informed consent requirements and argues that states should clarify their informed consent requirements to include shared decision making (SDM) as a prerequisite to a valid informed consent. The article reviews the challenges associated with modern informed consent practices and the ethical and legal foundations of informed consent. It also examines the clinical evidence for treatment patterns and patient information needs that suggest a weakness in the current legal standards. It then compares the effectiveness and implications of the three different standards of informed consent, physician-based, patient-based and shared medical decision making, and analyzes the policy implications required to implement SDM. Continue reading →
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Tagged Benjamin Moulton, informed consent, policy, shared decision making
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Informed Consent to Promote Patient-Centered Care
This commentary article suggests the need for an improved informed consent form in order to advance patient-centered care and the proportion of patients that are well informed prior to a procedure. The author suggests that patients considering an elective procedure should be given a brief standardized and personalized informed consent document that provides information in five areas: risks, benefits, alternatives, experience and cost. The purpose of this form would be to facilitate meaningful discussion with physicians. Continue reading →
Posted in Decision Quality, Patient Knowledge
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Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research
View all results of this resource type.Can a Customized Quantitative Informed Consent Document Improve Decision Quality and Be Integrated into the Care Process?
Project developed and tested a customized quantitative informed consent document IC, including risks, benefits and alternatives, for those considering CABG surgery or PCI. Continue reading →
Posted in Decision Quality, Directed Research, Patient Involvement, Risk Communication
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Facilitating Collaborative Decision-Making
Ultimately, in order to test the effectiveness of this tool, we performed a randomized controlled trial. Attention was be paid to levels of anxiety and regret among patients in the two different treatment groups, and validated measures of decisional process and decisional quality were used. By seeking the opinion of vascular surgeons nationwide, we anticipated that they be invested in this research agenda and more likely to support the intervention trial and subsequent dissemination efforts. Continue reading →
