Evidence based case report: Helping an obese patient make informed choices

MyBus: Helping Bus Riders Make Informed Decisions

traveler information. The initiative focuses on real-time information to help travelers make informed decisions about their travel options. The Smart Trek project has brought about a variety of real-time transit information applications. One of these is MyBus, which makes departure predictions and delivers traveler information to Web browsers and cell phones. MyBus aims to present to riders, in...

No technical understanding required: helping users make informed choices about access to their personal data

Many smartphone apps collect personal information used for a variety of purposes. Users, however, are often unaware of this kind of access even though they must grant the required permissions upon app installation. We have identified three reasons for this unawareness. First, relevant permissions can be missed in long lists of permissions. Second, apps that access personal information for funct...

You cannot make informed choices without information.

Informed choices require information that is relevant, valid and accessible. Systematic reviews of the effects of alternative strategies provide information that is essential but not sufficient for recommendations about how best to manage mild brain injury or other problems. Work such as that of the Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury make decisions easier and better informed. To achieve ...

Can Parents Make Well - Informed School Choices ?

Helping Patients Make Treatment Choices for Localized Prostate Cancer