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

A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBS-MA) pilot increased rates while signaling a shift to home-based screening. "This is the beginning of the shift from colonoscopy to home screening." This ...

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 ...

We found that providers are comprehensive in the factors they consider when recommending clinical trials. The two most frequently stated factors were performance status (89%) and patient preferences ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sikander Ailawadhi, MD, discusses how the studies presented at ASH 2024 highlight significant unmet needs in hematologic cancer management, emphasizing the potential for these findings to influence ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most patients want to have conversations about costs of care. Fewer than 15% of patients report having these ...

Eric Boodman focuses on narrative features, exploring the startling ways that science and medicine affect people’s lives. You can reach Eric on Signal at eboodman.88. But to researchers who’ve spent ...

Barriers to Participation in Therapeutic Clinical Trials as Perceived by Community Oncologists We found that providers are comprehensive in the factors they consider when recommending clinical trials.