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 . A study published in Obesity identified important barriers to shared decision-making around bariatric surgery ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBS-MA) pilot increased rates while signaling a shift to home-based screening. "This is the beginning of the shift from colonoscopy to home screening." This ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that its Innovation Center is launching a pair of 5-year demonstration projects aimed at evaluating different approaches to shared ...

Credit: Getty Images Respect for the autonomy of patients does not mean leaving them to navigate health care decisions on their own. Shared decision-making enables physicians to serve as guides to ...

Credit: Getty Images Improving the quality of patients’ health care decisions is feasible with the right educational tools. Something about focusing on hitting a bouncy yellow tennis ball just right ...

The American Association of University Professors and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges alike tout shared governance as crucial, as do dozens of books on higher ...