What Makes a Good Medical Decision?
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Doctors need to ensure patients are informed, involved in the decision making process, and that the final decision aligns with what is most important to the patient. Measuring decision quality helps evaluate support strategies, assess provider support of patients facing medical decisions, and ensures informed patient input is included. The key elements of measuring decision quality are that patients know key facts, doctors meaningfully involve patients, and the decision aligns with patient priorities.
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What Makes a Good Medical Decision?
- 1. What Makes a Good Medical Decision? Jack Fowler Senior Scientific Advisor March 21, 2013
- 2. Why Measure Decision Quality? • 1. To evaluate different strategies for supporting decision making • 2. To assess how well providers are supporting patients faced with decisions • 3. To help providers ensure that decisions include informed patient input 2
- 3. What are the Key Elements of Measuring Decision Quality? • Patients know key facts • Doctors meaningfully involve patients in decision making process • Decision aligns with what is most important to patients 3
- 4. TODAY’S EXPERTS Floyd J. Fowler Jr., Karen R. Sepucha, Dale Collins Vidal, MD PhD PhD Dartmouth-Hitchcock Informed Medical Massachusetts General Medical Center, Decisions Foundation Hospital Dartmouth College