Background Caring for an adult with chronic critical illness is a difficult undertaking. Family
surrogates are tasked with decision-making on behalf of their loved one, particularly during …

Background There is a lack of practical research frameworks to guide the development of
patient decision aids [PtDAs]. This paper described how a PtDA was developed using the …

Following the initial introduction of clinical decision support systems (CDSS) into the clinical
practice in the 1970s, the complexity and performance quality of CDSSs have increased …

Acute kidney injury is a common occurrence in the intensive care unit and one that is
associated with a high morbidity and mortality. One role for palliative care is to guide …

Background Patient decision aids aim to present evidence relevant to a health decision in
understandable ways to support patients through the process of making evidence-informed …

Objective To review the literature and provide a summary of best practices for the design,
implementation, and assessment of decision aids. Methods A literature search and …

Background Tools for shared decision-making (eg decision aids) are intended to support
health care professionals and patients engaged in clinical encounters involving shared …

Background Establishing the effectiveness of patient decision aids (PtDA) requires evidence
that PtDAs improve the quality of the decision-making process and the quality of the choice …

Background Recent publications reveal shortcomings in evidence review and
summarization methods for patient decision aids. In the large-scale “Share to Care (S2C)” …

Medical Decision Making recently published evidence updates from the International Panel
of Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) that will inform the next iteration of decision aid …