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View all results of this resource type.Decision Aids Minimize Complexities of PSA Test
Decision aids are important tools in ensuring patients understand the medical choices they face. Our decision aid "Is a PSA Test Right for You?", takes a look at the same medical evidence that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently reviewed, and highlights what the evidence tells us about the PSA test's benefits- which are uncertain or limited for many men- and the harms of treatment if a screening results in a prostate cancer diagnosis. Continue reading
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Tagged Cochrane Collaborative, prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening, PSA test, USPSTF
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New Study Shows Patients Know Little About Conservative Treatment Options for Coronary Artery Disease
Nine out of 10 Medicare patients who received a stent procedure for coronary disease report that their physicians did not present them with the non-invasive alternative of managing their condition with medication, according to the results of a study published online today by the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Floyd J. Fowler Jr., senior scientific advisor at the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, was the study's principal investigator. Continue reading
Shared Decision-Making® Program Research
View all results of this resource type.Decision Aids Improve Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Patients Understanding of the Rationale for Active Surveillance
Seigne JD, Stewart T, Clay K, et al. Decision aids improve newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients understanding of the rationale for active surveillance. J Urol. 2009;181(4), (suppl):193.
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Putting Shared Decision Making to Work in Breast and Prostate Cancer: Tools for Community Oncologists
Sepucha K and Belkora J. Putting shared decision-making to work in breast and prostate cancer: Tools for community oncologists. Comm Oncol. 2007;4(11):685-9, 691.
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View all results of this resource type.One Man at a Time -- Resolving the PSA Controversy
Who should decide about screening for prostate cancer: expert panels of clinicians and methodologists, primary care clinicians, specialists, or fully informed patients themselves? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently released a draft recommendation on screening for prostate cancer, designed for primary care physicians and health systems, and has opened if for public comment until November 8, 2011. Continue reading
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View all results of this resource type.[NPR Health Blog (SHOTS)] Doctors' Orders: Keep Men Involved in PSA Decision
"But that's way too black-and-white for a situation where there's so much debate among the experts, say Drs. Mary McNaughton-Collins and Michael J. Barry. He's president of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making; she's a Harvard physician who's thought deeply about the prostate cancer conundrum."Read the full blog post.
Tagged Michael J. Barry, prostate cancer, PSA test
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Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research
View all results of this resource type.Decision Making on the Go: A Mobile App Interpretation of a Prostate Cancer Decision Aid
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
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
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Deciding if the PSA Test is Right for You
A PSA test is often recommended for men over 50 and is one of America's most common screening tests. To help men consider the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening, the Foundation has developed a Shared Decision-Making® program called Is a PSA Test Right for You? Continue reading
Hormone Therapy after Prostate Cancer Treatment
Prostate cancer progresses at different rates for different men. Therefore the best time to start hormone therapy is not the same for everyone. To help men decide if and when hormone therapy is right for them, the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation has developed a Shared Decision-Making® program called Hormone Therapy: When the PSA Rises after Prostate Cancer Treatment. Continue reading
