On Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reduced the number of recommended childhood ...

This decision did not emerge from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which typically guides the CDC’s ...

Patients are often faced with difficult healthcare decisions, particularly when choosing treatment options for a medical condition. Historically, physicians made treatment decisions for patients.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that its Innovation Center is launching a pair of 5-year demonstration projects aimed at evaluating different approaches to shared ...

Delivering high-quality care starts with understanding what matters most to each patient. Clinicians can’t choose treatments that match patients’ priorities and values until they engage with them. The ...

Credit: Getty Images Respect for the autonomy of patients does not mean leaving them to navigate health care decisions on their own. Shared decision-making enables physicians to serve as guides to ...

Shared decision making (SDM) is a method of care that is suitable for the care of patients with cancer. It involves a collaborative conversation seeking to respond sensibly to the problematic ...

Credit: Getty Images Improving the quality of patients’ health care decisions is feasible with the right educational tools. Something about focusing on hitting a bouncy yellow tennis ball just right ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most Medicare beneficiaries did not have a shared decision-making (SDM) visit before their first lung cancer ...