Shared Decision-Making

Practicing shared decision-making increases overall trust in health care providers among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Although training primary care providers in shared decision-making did not significantly improve colorectal cancer concordance or screening rates in older adults, at least 5 minutes of discussion with a PCP may benefit some, data showed.

Black and Hispanic/Latino infants who were brought to hospitals with a fever were less likely to have documented shared decision-making regarding lumbar puncture and ED discharge, a study found.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Including multiple specialists to treat the various facets of systemic sclerosis improves outcomes but can have its own challenges, according to a presenter at the 2024 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of five stories from ASCO Voices, a session during ASCO Annual Meeting focused on the human side of oncology.

An individualized opioid-prescription protocol with shared decision-making was associated with similar pain reports as fixed-quantity opioid prescriptions but with fewer prescribed opioids at hospital discharge following cesarean births.

All rheumatology research projects should include at least two patient partners, supported by a designated coordinator, who collaborate as equals with researchers, according to new EULAR recommendations.

DESTIN, Fla. — Individualized treatment for osteoporosis calls for a keen understanding of the patient’s frame of mind, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

Patients with chronic kidney disease have limited opportunities to engage in shared-decision-making with their physicians, according to a published Danish study.