The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has decided not to test one of its planned shared decision-making models because of a lack of accountable care organization participants. “After careful ...

Improving patients’ shared decision-making abilities in healthcare requires arming them with timely, accurate, ...

Shared decision making is hot right now. Research. Surveys. Tools. Training. Conferences. Policies. The current model of shared decision making consists of providing patients with evidence that allows ...

The National Quality Forum is calling on clinicians to make shared-decision making a common standard of care for all patients, settings and conditions. In addition to calling for providers, patients, ...

Shared decision making has been taught to clinicians for years, but it is especially crucial when treating multiple sclerosis (MS) due to the importance of treatment adherence, according to June ...

We found that providers are comprehensive in the factors they consider when recommending clinical trials. The two most frequently stated factors were performance status (89%) and patient preferences ...

It’s a fact: “consumerism” has arrived in healthcare. That means providers are redoubling efforts to deliver patient-centered care and actively engage patients in their healthcare decisions. In some ...

How is collaborative decision making different from shared decision making? Let us consider the case of an HIV positive patient who is reluctant to start taking medication for which there is a clear ...

Patients are often faced with difficult healthcare decisions, particularly when choosing treatment options for a medical condition. Historically, physicians made treatment decisions for patients.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with alopecia areata preferred a shared decision-making model with their dermatologists in deciding ...

CMS will no longer test the Shared Decision Making model, because it didn’t generate enough interest among ACO participants. The agency was originally looking for 50 ACOs to participate in the ...