Shared Decision-Making

A lack of shared decision-making between providers and patients can contribute to racial-ethnic inequity in use of diabetes technology for Black and Hispanic young adults with type 1 diabetes, according to study data.

Shared decision-making and clinical judgment are key to effectively managing osteoarthritis patients, especially when sets of osteoarthritis guidelines disagree on the best course of action, noted a speaker at the ACR State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium.

The last 2 decades of rheumatology management, including the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, have been marked by improved drugs aiming at increasingly more refined therapeutic targets.

Patient voices are growing louder in rheumatology. The calls for shared decision-making and a dual target strategy of assessing disease remission are increasing with a body of evidence showing that when patient needs are met, outcomes improve.

To improve shared decision-making in care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease, the problem of numeracy – both among patients and providers – must be discussed, according to a presentation at Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Anne Peled, MD, is a practicing breast and plastic surgeon. In this episode, we discuss the importance of representation in the medical system and how being a breast cancer survivor has changed the way she practices medicine.

In this episode, former journalist Chrissy Farr joins me to discuss 2020, including reporting on a pandemic, attacks on the media, the most unbelievable stories of the year and her new role at OMERS Ventures.

Shared decision-making involves considering patients’ preferences and values in cooperation with health care professionals before making treatment decisions.

Embrace of less-invasive interventions, shared decision-making and earlier management of regurgitation are among the hallmarks of a new multisociety guideline on management of valvular heart disease.

The role of shared decision-making, prevention strategies for sudden cardiac death and recommendations for exercise are among the key points of an updated guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.