This quality improvement project evaluates provider perspectives on shared decision-making aids (SDAs) for individuals at ‘increased risk’ for CRC within a VA Community B [...]

Recent research in the area of safety of elective inductions is changing the practice towards routinely offering elective induction of labor to patients. This has increas [...]

Hospital readmissions are common, costly, and associated with poorer quality of care. Existing models have not performed adequately in assessing hospital readmission ris [...]

This paper describes the process of developing a patient decision-aid (PDA) prototype for preoperative anxiety at Doernbecher?s Children?s Hospital (DCH). There are many [...]

The rate of hip fractures has been steadily increasing over the past 3 decades, 5 fold in women and 1.5 times in men. For patients with hip fractures, there are several t [...]

Shared decision-making integrates patient values with clinical evidence and is paramount in patient-doctor collaboration. Dermatology is especially appropriate for such c [...]

In the United States, 51% percent of pregnancies are unplanned and contraception misuse is the primary cause. Unplanned pregnancies may lead to poor health and social out [...]

Anesthesia information management systems (AIMS) are sophisticated hardware and software technology solutions that can provide real-time, point-of care feedback to anesth [...]