OBJECTIVE To design, develop, and evaluate via focus group a preconsultation decision aid to improve patient satisfaction for breast reconstruction. METHODS The design of the decision aid was based on perceived patient needs, literature, existing decision aids, and current standard of breast cancer reconstruction treatment and consultation at Stanford. Our decision aid was designed to (1) red...

Recently, the existence of many computerized decision aids which support personal decision making have drawn massive attention to study how these aids really help the decision makers. Helping decision maker makes a particular decision has always been the major aim of decision aids. However, designing an effective decision aid is more than meet the eyes. Guidance portion of the interface design ...

OBJECTIVES The demand for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is increasing. Differentiating who will derive a clinically meaningful improvement from TKA from others is a key challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. Decision aids can help surgeons select appropriate candidates for surgery, but their uptake has been low. The aim of this study was to explore the barriers and facilitators to decision aid upt...

Widespread variation in medical practices and outcomes in seemingly similar populations has raised serious concerns about the quality of health care (1). Well-documented variations in outcomes can be explained partly by failures to apply best practices consistently in delivering care known to be effective (1,2). Equally important, however, are variations in rates of specific surgical or medical...

Innovations in the treatment of valvular heart disease have transformed options for people with disease. In this rapidly evolving environment, integration patients’ perspectives is essential to close potential gap between what can be done and patients want. Shared decision-making (SDM) measurement patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are two strategies that keeping aim gaining significant momentum ...

This research investigates the influence of computerized search engines on consumer decision making in the electronic commerce environment. The results indicate that by providing well-designed decision aids to consumers, it is possible to significantly increase consumer confidence, satisfaction, and decision quality. Consumers who have access to query-based decision aids perceive increased cost...

The Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group (CMSG) is one of 50 groups of the Cochrane Collaboration that prepares, maintains, and disseminates systematic reviews of treatments for musculoskeletal diseases. Once systematic reviews are completed, the next challenge is presenting the results in useful formats to be integrated into the healthcare decisions of clinicians and consumers. The CMSG recommends 3...