Health Dialog

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

With the shift towards patient centered care, it is now more important than ever for patients to become active partners in their healthcare with their physicians. Time and resource-constrained doctors are embracing new models for delivering and organizing care, particularly as physician compensation is increasingly value-based. Initiatives that increase collaboration between physicians and patients through Shared Decision Making are critical to moving forward.

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Health Dialog

AUGUST 6, 2012

There once was a time when if you got sick, you’d call the family doctor. The doctor would take care of you quickly and coordinate any additional care that you needed. In those days, your family doctor was a “home base” for all your medical needs. . Over time, the role of the family physician got lost. Doctors’ offices were often organized to be efficient for the people who worked there, not for the patients.

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Health Dialog

JULY 29, 2012

Remember that old conversation starter: "If a tree falls in the forest but no one is there to hear it, does it even make a sound?" When it comes to wellness, we could ask a similar question: if you develop an awesome wellness program but no one uses it, are you really making an impact? We'll let the philosophers ponder that first question, but as for the second one: the answer has to be no.

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Health Dialog

JULY 19, 2012

Great post this week from Boston.com's Dr. Ishani Ganguli on the importance of shared decision making. In it, she cites the results of a recent patient survey: "California-based researchers surveyed 1340 adult patients about a hypothetical scenario of deciding on a treatment for heart disease. Almost all of them reported that they’d be comfortable asking their doctors questions about the options (93%) and stating their preferences (94%).

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Health Dialog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

To view the latest published results on the Group Health Cooperative decision aids implementation effort, click here. David Arterburn is Lead Author on the study. Group Health implemented decision aids on a large scale in an unusual way: through working directly with specialty care providers and their staff. . In 2009, as part of a quality-improvement program, Group Health leaders, providers, and staff started to implement 12 decision aids in six specialties: orthopedics, cardiology, urology,

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