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Objective: To investigate feasibility of the SUCCESS app; a cross-platform e-health innovation to improve health literacy, self-management and shared decision-making among culturally-diverse Australian haemodialysis patients. Methods: Multi-site, pre-post, mixed-methods study. Haemodialysis patients ≥18 years used the app for 12 weeks. Qualitative data from 18 interviews were thematically analysed to evaluate app acceptability. Quantitative analysis using paired sampled t-tests evaluated feasi...

Malvern PA (PRWEB) May 03, 2023 -- HMP Global, the leading healthcare events and education company, today unveiled a new virtual course aligned with the

CLL experts offer insights on shared decision-making with patients while selecting treatments.

CADILLAC — There are a lot of viruses and bacteria floating around right now, creating illnesses that are relatively easy to diagnose and treat.

Collecting PROMs – Can You Improve Patient Compliance?

Background: Sharing decision-making is globally recognised as an important concept in healthcare research, policy, education and practice which enhances person-centred care. However, it is becoming increasingly evident shared decision-making has not been successfully translated into everyday healthcare practice. Sharing decision-making has strong links with person-centred practice. Core to person-centredness and shared decision making, is the need to recognise that as we age, greater reliance is...

An article in Lancet Psychiatry argues that inpatient psychiatry should prioritize patients’ emotional safety over short-term risk management

In this interview, we speak to Steve Pointon, patient advocate in remission from RCC, and Dr Harm van Melick, Consultant Urologist, about their experiences with shared decision-making and the impact it can have on people living with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

The “Shared Decision Making” program at Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre is the only one of its kind in Canada. More than 200 families in 2022 have been helped by this program, including Shawn and Sara Cheatham, who entered the program when their 11-year-old son developed Crohn’s disease.

Patients with a high BMI are at a greater risk for complications during and after surgery, but some experts argue that strict BMI cutoffs are arbitrary and can worsen disparities in care.