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A Patient‐Centered Approach to Clinical Practice Guidelines in Otolaryngology

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Patient education is used to engage patients in their own health care and is relevant in most clinical situations. Shared decision making (SDM) is used to engage patients when a choice needs to be made about a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure and the medical evidence does not indicate which choice is best. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) include multiple action statements that may benefit from patient education or SDM. In this commentary, we discuss patient education and SDM using examples from AAO-HNS CPGs. We believe that use of patient education and decision support materials for SDM will enhance the effectiveness of SDM and improve the uptake of CPGs. We issue a call to action for all stakeholders to consider how to put these materials into the hands of our patients.

Source: Otolaryngology

DOI: 10.1177/0194599814529922

Authors: Melissa A. Pynnonen, Sarah T. Hawley

Institutions: University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, VA Center for Clinical Management Research

Language: English

Topic: Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences