Shared Decision-Making

Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis were involved in conversations about treatment decisions with their rheumatologist, according results of a multinational European survey presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Doctors can use shared decision-making to improve outcomes for patients with atopic dermatitis, said ACAAI executive medical director Michael S. Blaiss, MD, FACAAI, during a presentation at the organization’s Annual Scientific Meeting.

In this video, Peter J. Mazzone, MD, MPH, pulmonologist and director of the lung cancer program in the Respiratory Institute at Cleveland Clinic, discusses his presentation on the role of shared decision-making in early-stage lung cancer.

Mark Corbett, MD, an allergist with Family Allergy & Asthma in Louisville, Kentucky, will be installed as president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology during its annual meeting scheduled for Nov. 4 to 8 in New Orleans.

Combination therapy is usually the best option to treat obesity, but it may take multiple attempts until the right combination is found, a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association fall conference said.

Patients with psoriatic arthritis prefer oral over subcutaneous biologics, and prioritize complication avoidance and the ability to work and perform ordinary activities over clinical efficacy, according to data.

Clearly defining treatment targets and communicating those targets to patients is essential to optimizing outcomes in psoriatic arthritis, according to a presenter at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West.

Adopting “slow medicine” over “fast medicine” confers “real and tangible” improvements in health, according to an opinion piece published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

Although most patients with chronic kidney disease preferred making decisions on kidney failure treatments with their care teams, a study revealed shared decision-making occurred infrequently.

Routine care for inflammatory arthritis should include self-management strategies that feature problem-solving, goal-setting and, if possible, cognitive behavioral therapy, according to new EULAR recommendations.