Experts worry that health officials' use of 'shared decision-making' in new vaccine guidance distorts the concept's meaning ...

What exactly is shared decision making and why is it important to know? As a starting point to understanding the new vaccine ...

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 decision did not emerge from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which typically guides the CDC’s vaccine decisions. It did not follow the standard process of public ...

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On Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reduced the number of recommended childhood ...

The authors added system competencies to the Towle A, Godolphin W. Framework for teaching and learning informed shared decision-making to support the model’s patient and physician competencies. Here ...

Credit: Getty Images Improving the quality of patients’ health care decisions is feasible with the right educational tools. Something about focusing on hitting a bouncy yellow tennis ball just right ...

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

The CMS Innovation Center plans to test two new models designed to improve patient engagement in their care decisions, the agency announced Thursday in a blog post. “HHS identifies the engagement of ...