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 ...

This qualitative study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) features interviews with patients, caregivers and clinicians to uncover the importance of timely and balanced ...

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 ...

Dr Breman’s grant will allow her to validate the reliability of the CHOICEs: CHildbirth Options, Information, and Person-Centered Explanation shared decision-making protocol. Improving maternity care, ...

Shared decision making (SDM) is a method of care that is suitable for the care of patients with cancer. It involves a collaborative conversation seeking to respond sensibly to the problematic ...

At a Patient Reception on 6th December 2025, 20 leaders from 17 patient advocacy groups from across Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States shared their support for the need to strengthen shared ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael L. Millenson writes about healthcare as a skeptical optimist. Researchers examining how patients make medical decisions ...

Easing some concerns about access, a research letter published online this week in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that a US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirement for shared decision ...