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

Shared decision making is a collaborative process that involves a person and their healthcare professional working together to reach a joint decision about care. It could be care the person needs ...

Eva Otter, president of Pulmonary Hypertension Association Europe, discusses the significance of shared decision-making for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is important that patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most patients want to have conversations about costs of care. Fewer than 15% of patients report having these ...

Shared decision-making in healthcare, in which patients and providers share information and jointly make decisions based on the individual needs of the patient, requires a significant investment, ...

A large-scale survey conducted by Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE) has identified critical communication barriers that affect information access, understanding, and shared decision-making among lung cancer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most Medicare beneficiaries did not have a shared decision-making (SDM) visit before their first lung cancer ...

The CDC updated its childhood immunization schedule May 29, recommending a shared decision-making process for healthy children 6 months and older. “Where the parent presents with a desire for their ...

The CDC now advises shared clinical decision-making when it comes to COVID-19 shots for kids, a narrowing of its previous broad recommendation. The change follows an announcement by HHS Secretary ...