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MGH Health Decision Sciences Center Let's Decide Together
WEBThe Health Decision Sciences Center (HDSC) is a multidisciplinary research group that seeks to foster shared decision making and implement sustainable decision aid delivery. We are committed to improving the quality of decisions made by patients and health care providers from diagnosis through treatment.
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What is Shared Decision Making
WEBThe goal of shared decision making is to ensure patients make informed treatment decisions that reflect what matters most to them. Having practical and reliable measures of shared decision making can give clinicians and practices feedback on their performance and whether they are helping their patients achieve outcomes that matter.
Karen Sepucha, PhD MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
WEBKaren Sepucha, PhD. Dr. Sepucha is the director of the Health Decision Sciences Center in the General Medicine Division at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her research and clinical interests involve developing and implementing tools and methods to improve the quality of
About the Health Decision Sciences Center
WEBThe mission of the Health Decision Sciences Center is to create conversations and systems of care that value the expertise of patients, families, and clinicians, and incorporate the best available clinical evidence. We promote informed decisions to achieve outcomes that matter most to our patients.
John Giardina, MA MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
WEBJohn Giardina, MA. Mr. Giardina is a research assistant at the Health Decision Sciences Center and a third-year PhD student in the Health Policy PhD Program at Harvard University. He has supported a shared-decision making implementation research project at HDSC that focused on decisions surrounding elective orthopedic surgeries. His current
Tools & Training MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
WEBAn important pillar of the work done at the HDSC is to find multiple ways to ensure shared decision making is implemented in routine care. To support these efforts, we have created tools to make shared decision making conversations easier. We also lead training sessions for clinicians and staff on how to prescribe decision aids and enhance
Decision Quality Instruments
WEBThe goal of shared decision making is to improve the quality of decisions. Over the last several years, Karen Sepucha, PhD, and colleagues have developed 14 different Decision Quality Instruments (DQIs) covering many common medical conditions including treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis, breast cancer, colon cancer screening, prostate cancer …
About Us MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
WEBThe HDSC is dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare decisions through conducting innovative research, implementing shared decision making, developing clinician skills training, and measuring decision quality. Learn more about our team members who contribute to these efforts below.
Informed Medical Decisions Program
WEBThe Informed Medical Decisions TM Program (IMDP) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) was established on April 1, 2017. The IMDP is housed within the Health Decision Sciences Center (HDSC), part of MGH’s Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine. The IMDP was established with a $2 million three-year grant from …
Patient Support Corps MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
WEBFelisha Marques is a project manager at the Health Decision Sciences Center. She oversees the Patient Support Corps program. In addition, she oversees activities and is responsible for progress and supervision of SDM implementation efforts across the Massachusetts General Brigham System, clinician training efforts, decision aid delivery …
Shared Decision Making Process Scale
WEBThe Shared Decision Making (SDM) Process Scale is a short, patient-reported survey that measures the extent to which health care providers engage patients in shared decision making. The survey focuses on four specific behaviors that are critical for shared decision making – discussion of options, pros, cons and preferences.
Karen Sepucha, PhD and Sammy Elmariah, MD Approved for $5.6 …
WEBFunds awarded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Karen Sepucha, PhD from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Sammy Elmariah, MD from University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have been approved for a $5.6 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study …
Shared Decision Making Training for Clinicians
WEBHarvard Medical School Webinar for Clinician Training (3 CME Credits) Drs. Sepucha and Simmons, and staff at the Health Decision Sciences Center have developed a 3 hour interactive webinar to improve clinicians’ ability to engage patients in shared decision making. The webinar provides a brief overview of SDM, specific examples of how to
Making a Health Decision MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
WEBTry working through the Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG). The OPDG is designed to help you think through any health-related decision. It will help you identify your decision making needs, plan the next steps, track progress, and share your views about the decision. Learn more about why Shared Decision Making is important here.
Karen Sepucha, PhD and Christopher Hartnick, MD Approved for …
WEBFunds awarded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The study, Reducing Caregiver Burden and Improving Outcomes for Children with Tracheostomies Living at Home, will advance our understanding of how to support caregivers of children with medical complexity at home and is well aligned with PCORI’s mission.
Decision Worksheets MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
WEBDecision Worksheets can help make shared decision making conversations easier. They are designed to be used during the visit and provide a template for clinicians and patients to discuss options, key benefits and harms, and decide together on a plan for management. For providers affiliated with the MassGeneral Brigham HealthCare System, these
Ottawa Personal Decision Guide
WEBUnderline the benefits and risks that you think are most likely to happen. Use stars ( ) to show how much each benefit and risk matters to you. 5 stars means that it matters “a lot”. No star means “not at all”. Circle the option with the benefits that matter most to you and are most likely to happen. Avoid the option with the risks that
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