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Search results for: Shared decision making

SMILE, an Online Lupus Tool, Can Aid Shared Decision Making

Katie Robinson  |  March 6, 2024

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often face many concerns, fears and uncertainties that render “treatment decision making very difficult,” says Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Often these patients, who tend to be women from minority groups, “do not have access to easily understandable…

Filed under:ConditionsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Tagged with:health literacyshared decision makingSLE Resource Center

Give Them Time: 3 Tips for Using Time with Patients to Aid Shared Decision Making

Carina Stanton  |  August 27, 2019

Arwen Pieterse, PhD, and colleagues urge all physicians to allocate more meaningful time to collaborate in shared decision making with patients, without compromising access or productivity…

Filed under:Practice Support Tagged with:patient carePractice Managementshared decision makingtime

Shared Decision Making, Good Disease Control Are Key Components of JIA Management

Kelly Tyrrell  |  May 15, 2019

A group led by Sarah Ringold, MD, MS, assistant professor of rheumatology at Seattle Children’s Hospital, has developed a new guideline intended to provide recommendations for the treatment and monitoring of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) manifesting as non-systemic polyarthritis, sacroiliitis or enthesitis.1,2 Key Updates The new recommendations appear in both Arthritis & Rheumatology…

Filed under:Clinical Criteria/Guidelines Tagged with:Enthesitisjuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)polyarthritissacroiliitisSarah Ringold

Why & How to Pursue Shared Decision Making with Your Patients

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD  |  June 21, 2018

Over the past several decades, the medical community has been moving toward a model of shared decision making. In addition to its ethical advantages, shared decision making potentially yields such benefits as improved medical adherence and better health outcomes. With the proliferation of treatment options and changes in the larger culture, shared decision making is…

Filed under:Patient Perspective Tagged with:patient-centered carephysician patient relationshipshared decision making

Why & How Doctors Should Foster Shared Decision Making with Patients

Larry Beresford  |  February 17, 2018

SAN DIEGO—At the ACR/ARHP 2017 Annual Meeting Nov. 3–8, a session on how to promote shared decision making with patients highlighted the role of the multidisciplinary professional team. And perhaps just as importantly, it noted the importance of providers recognizing their own implicit biases, which can get in the way of shared decision making. Presenters…

Filed under:Meeting ReportsPatient PerspectiveProfessional Topics Tagged with:ACR/ARHP Annual Meetingpatient careshared decision making

Is Shared Decision Making Possible in Rheumatology?

James T. Rosenbaum, MD  |  August 1, 2014

A rheumatologist voices skepticism that physicians, patients can arrive at mutually shared healthcare decisions

Filed under:Biologics/DMARDsConditionsDrug UpdatesOther Rheumatic ConditionsPractice SupportQuality Assurance/ImprovementRheumatoid ArthritisWorkforce Tagged with:BiologicsdrugMedicareMethotrexatepatient carephysicianPractice ManagementprednisoneRheumatoid arthritisrheumatologistSarcoidosisSteroids

Engage Patients as Partners in Shared Decision-making

Staff  |  September 1, 2007

Engaging patients in shared decision-making about their health management is increasingly important to improving health outcomes and quality of life for persons with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. In shared decision-making, the patient and the provider are partners who share information and determine together the best therapeutic interventions to achieve desired health outcomes and patient goals.

Filed under:ConditionsFrom the CollegePractice Support Tagged with:Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP)Medical decision makingpatient-centered carePatientsquality of life

A Guiding Light for RA: Insights into Clinical Decision Making, Drug Safety & More

Jason Liebowitz, MD, FACR  |  August 11, 2022

The treatment and management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is ever evolving. Here Clifton O. Bingham, MD, discusses the application of RA guidelines, the most recent drug safety information and more.

Filed under:ConditionsMeeting ReportsRheumatoid Arthritis Tagged with:Annual Advances in the Diagnosis & Treatment of the Rheumatic DiseasesDrug SafetyGuidelinesJAK inhibitorsRheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Pearls of Wisdom: Innovations in Teaching Shared at the 2022 ACR Education Exchange

Jason Liebowitz, MD, FACR  |  June 15, 2022

Experts presented ways to rethink journal club to improve engagement and how an image-based program can help teach the assessment of cutaneous lupus erythematosus across differing skin tones.

Filed under:Education & TrainingMeeting ReportsOther ACR meetings Tagged with:ACR Education Exchangecutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE)Educationeducation and trainingonline educationteaching

The Impact of Pharma Info vs. Neutral Info on Patients’ Drug Decisions

Catherine Kolonko  |  July 19, 2018

Patients who reviewed an industry-sponsored booklet about a commonly used rheumatoid arthritis drug were twice as likely to choose the proposed therapy as were patients who reviewed similar decision-aid material presented in a neutral manner, according to a recent study. Richard Martin, MD, MA, professor of medicine, rheumatology, at Michigan State University College of Human…

Filed under:Drug UpdatesPatient Perspective Tagged with:patient communicationpatient educationpatient management

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