Patient Decision Aids (PDA's)
As the idea of patient autonomy has gained traction over the years, the idea of "shared decision making" has become more popular. Patient Decision Aids have been developed to help patients make informed decisions about their care.
A company that makes medical decision videos is ACP decisions. They have
specific videos that doctors can prescribe to patients. They also have a blog post for docs about them getting paid by Medicare for advance care planning . According to the post, Medicare can pay for more than one advance care planning session.
www.acpdecisions.org/
I think it is a great idea to ask busy doctors for patient decision aids when faced with difficult medical decisions. Here is a freely available, comprehensive video about implantable cardiac devices. I like how they present so many details that docs seem to overlook. This video even has some patients talking about their experience with their device.
Also, here's a very large list of free Patient Decision Aids available from the Ottawa Hospital Research Center in Canada.
decisionaid.ohri.ca/AZlist.html
As the idea of patient autonomy has gained traction over the years, the idea of "shared decision making" has become more popular. Patient Decision Aids have been developed to help patients make informed decisions about their care.
A company that makes medical decision videos is ACP decisions. They have
specific videos that doctors can prescribe to patients. They also have a blog post for docs about them getting paid by Medicare for advance care planning . According to the post, Medicare can pay for more than one advance care planning session.
www.acpdecisions.org/
I think it is a great idea to ask busy doctors for patient decision aids when faced with difficult medical decisions. Here is a freely available, comprehensive video about implantable cardiac devices. I like how they present so many details that docs seem to overlook. This video even has some patients talking about their experience with their device.
Also, here's a very large list of free Patient Decision Aids available from the Ottawa Hospital Research Center in Canada.
decisionaid.ohri.ca/AZlist.html