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1. Decision Support Tools for Screening and Treatment Decisions in Early Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - By their very nature, these decisions are complex and amenable to the use of DSTs. … , an incapacitated partner), as well as informal caregivers helping with decisions. … Health care consumers from the general population facing screening decisions. … Further, almost by definition, DSTs are designed for decisions without a clear “best” option. … Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.

2. Supporting Shared Decisions When Clinical Evidence Is Low (Session III) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   July 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Supporting Shared Decisions … SHARE: Supporting Shared Decisions … This third session addresses supporting shared decisions when clinical evidence is low. … Presentations Supporting Shared Decisions When Clinical Evidence is Low Mary C. … Wilson of BCM's Huffington Center on Aging of Long-Term Care Decisions: Ethical and Conceptual Dimensions

3. Decision Aids for Advanced Care Planning | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Advanced care planning involves learning about potential impending decisions, considering those decisions … Healthy people engaged in estate planning may consider common decisions that arise near death, such as … Some individuals may face additional decisions related to their specific health conditions or diseases … not reach the age of majority and thus the ability to form their own legally binding decisions. … How are the decisions generated by the decision aid documented?

4. Perspectives on Quality Decisions in Shared Decision Making (Session III) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   July 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Perspectives on Quality Decisions … This third session addresses perspectives on quality decisions in shared decision making. … Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Are Decisions "Shared" When There is Little "Sharing" … Her recent research has focused on developing survey instruments to measure the quality of decisions. … These instruments have been used in national surveys of medical decisions, and a subset of the items

5. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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   June 01, 2012 - Instead, they influence downstream clinical decisions that eventually determine outcomes. … Instead, tests results influence downstream clinical decisions that eventually determine patient outcomes … The effects on mortality and disease progression result from clinical decisions of whether to treat patients … The results influence downstream clinical decisions that eventually determine outcomes.

6. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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   June 01, 2012 - Instead, they influence downstream clinical decisions that eventually determine outcomes. … Instead, tests results influence downstream clinical decisions that eventually determine patient outcomes … The effects on mortality and disease progression result from clinical decisions of whether to treat patients … The results influence downstream clinical decisions that eventually determine outcomes.

7. Decision Aids for Cancer Screening and Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Structured Abstract Background Many health decisions about screening and treatment for cancers involve … It is unclear whether the effectiveness of decision aids for decisions related to cancers differs by … the evidence assessing the effectiveness of decision aids targeting health care consumers who face decisions … Qualitative synthesis suggested that patients using decision aids are more likely to make informed decisions … moderate- or low-strength evidence that patients using decision aids are more likely to make informed decisions

8. Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   June 01, 2022 - Review When considering a mastectomy, providers must help patients make several decisions … about post-mastectomy reconstruction, including the initial choice to undergo any procedure, then decisions … These decisions are complex and dependent on cancer type, prognosis, patient body shape, the need for

9. AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center Program: Annual Report 2024 (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - needed for federal agencies, medical professional societies, and health systems to make evidence-based decisions … The vision of the AHRQ EPC Program is that all healthcare decisions are based on the best available evidence … that are timely, unbiased, accessible, and readable and have actionable conclusions for healthcare decisions … Improve Evidence Quality: Improve future evidence for healthcare decisions by accelerating the reduction … Policymakers Coverage Decisions Research Funders Prioritized Research Agendas EPC Evidence Report

10. An analytical framework for quantifying components of variability in prescriber decisions (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - An analytical framework for quantifying components of variability in prescriber decisions The … DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of AHRQ‟s Effective … based on research conducted by the Brigham and Women‟s Hospital DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions … explore the practical issue of how to estimate preference given a time series of treatment decisions

11. Eisenberg Center Series on Communication and Medical Decision Making | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2022 - Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science convened scientific meetings to discuss

12. Call for Topics: Nominate Future Evidence Reports by June 3, 2022 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 01, 2022 - Call for Topics: Nominate Future Evidence Reports by June 3, 2022 What healthcare decisions … understand the best options for implementing a new program or intervention; and Patients make better decisions

13. advanced-care-decision-aids-protocol-131209 (pdf file)
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    December 09, 2013 - Advanced care planning involves learning about potential impending decisions, considering those decisions … Decisions to consider during ACP are largely driven by the individual’s health state at the time of … Healthy people engaged in estate planning may consider common decisions that arise near death, such … Some individuals may face additional decisions related to their specific health conditions or diseases … How are the decisions generated by the decision aid documented? c.

14. Politi (pdf file)
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    December 26, 2012 - Politi Slide  1: Supporting  Shared Decisions When Clinical … Preference-­‐Sensitive Decisions: • BCS vs. mastectomy for average risk patients with early stage … Decisions With Low Evidence: • BCS vs. mastectomy for patients with unknown family  history/unknown … BC risk • Chemotherapy decisions for older adults or adults with  multiple comorbidities • Colorectal … o Does this vary by decision type (e.g. high-­‐stakes  decisions or prevention  decisions)?

15. Advance Directives | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 10, 2013 - Advance directives are legal documents that allow you to spell out your decisions about end-of-life … Your proxy is someone you trust to make health decisions for you if you are unable to do so.

16. Knowledge Brief #1 Public Deliberation on Health Topics (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - Medical evidence alone is seldom a sufficient basis for decisions affecting health care. … Public deliberation can generate information about the public’s values to help shape decisions based … Health care decisions often raise social questions, such as individual responsibility for improving … Deliberations that focused on policy decisions often presented various options or solutions to health … Center for Healthcare Decisions; June 2012. http://chcd.org/docs/hbex_report_6.15.12.pdf.

17. Investing in Deliberation: Defining and Developing Decision Support Interventions for People Facing Difficult Health Decisions (Session III) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2019 - Deliberation: Defining and Developing Decision Support Interventions for People Facing Difficult Health Decisions … Deliberation: Defining and Developing Decision Support Interventions for People Facing Difficult Health Decisions … Deliberation: Defining and Developing Decision Support Interventions for People Facing Difficult Health Decisions

18. COVID-19 Resources Developed by AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2024 - Health systems, clinicians, policymakers, and the general public want evidence to inform critical decisions … the face of a rapidly changing field and an ongoing pandemic in which people need to make healthcare decisions

19. Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2019 - Impact on decisions by sponsoring agency. … Ultimately, deliberation obtains information that can influence decisions. … Other considerations also competed with using evidence in making health decisions. … and the item people should consider the effect on group premiums when making treatment decisions. … Public deliberation in decisions about health research.

20. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage the Public - Facilitating a Deliberative Session (Audio Presentation) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - The purpose is to learn from the participants and ultimately to make policy or program decisions that … Researcher, American Institutes for Research (AIR) Marge Ginsburg, MPH, Director, Center for Healthcare Decisions