One of the reasons #LVAD programs across the country are already using the I DECIDE: LVAD #decisionaid : it helps to improve education processes and shared decision making for patients, caregivers, AND clinicians. patientdecisionaid.org/lvad/

Heart-wrenching but beautiful story written by some of our family stakeholders Ginny Meadows Melinda Kane - thank you The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for helping to get stories like these out there! pcori.org/blog/tough-cho…

Excited to share I DECIDE: LVAD's work at the Society for Transplant Social Workers conference exhibitors' hall. We've already had several attendees sign up to receive free decision aid packets to share with their patients! #stsw

Big problem: misalignment of attention, focus, and allocation of research and implementation dollars with public health impact. Unfortunate that, still today, prevention and addressing root causes cannot get the attention that downstream 'rescue' approaches do Henry Harris RE-AIM

Risk and benefit are positively correlated, we think the are negatively correlated. Great point from Paul Slovic, keynote at #SMDM2019

Reflecting on #SMDM19 last week - great panel with multiple stakeholders’ perspectives on value about cardiovascular procedures. Big theme: all people - even CFOs - care! Lots of opportunity and synergy for patient-centered care.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our I DECIDE: LVAD posters by Larry A. Allen, MD and Colleen McIlvennan at #AHA2019. A great opportunity to share findings/next steps and receive feedback/ideas! What were your favorite posters/talks this year? #cardiotwitter #LVAD

Keeping our new research assistant, Will, busy with assembling I DECIDE: LVAD #decisionaid packets to send out to numerous #LVAD programs across the country! If you'd like your own package of free tools, email us! [email protected]

Check it out: over half of #LVAD programs in the US have our #decisionaid! Message us if you're interested in getting free decision aids. #cardiotwitter Larry A. Allen, MD Minnow Walsh, MD, MACC

Channing Tate, our program manager, talking about the importance of story and trust to enhance shared decision making in race-discordant interactions.

Having trouble getting buy-in from your program? Questions about how best to use the decision aid? Then join us at our Monthly Q&A/Troubleshooting Call tomorrow at 4pmET! Get questions answered and share your experiences. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Announcing the Colorado Pragmatic Research in Health (#COPRH) Conference. A national conference for clinical, translational, and D&I researchers, 6/10-11/2020 University of Colorado Anschutz. #impsci #ACCORDS CCTSI RSVP and Call for Abstracts now open at coprhcon.com Bethany Kwan, PhD, MSPH

On this week's podcast we talk with Dan Matlock about Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (#ICD) and #DecisionAids around ICD implantation. To view or listen to the entire podcast, please visit us at GeriPal.org

Question: What are the most common criticisms found in negative online reviews of hospice agencies? Meaning: In study, many criticisms could have been mitigated through enhanced communication between staff and patients’ families, friends, and caregivers jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Thinking of attending the Colorado #Pragmatic Research in Health Conference COPRH Con? The show must go on, but we want to know your preference for when and how. #healthservicesresearch #impsci coprhcon.com

Fantastic grand rounds today by Jean Kutner Dan D. Matlock Matthew Wynia and Channing Tate on ethics, disparities, and crisis management for #COVID19 and lessons learned over the last decade.

Our original The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute DECIDE-LVAD Trial manuscript on the implementation of the #LVAD #decisionaid and guided by RE-AIM is now published in Medical Decision Making ! So much hard work, which could help guide other implementation projects. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

EPIC-HF Trial presented at #AHA20 by Larry A. Allen, MD — 19.3% increase in GDMT intensification w/ EPIC-HF activation tool (direct-to-consumer patient engagement to uptitrate GDMT with outpt clinician). AHA Science uchealth University of Colorado Anschutz Dr FM Robert Harrington Mark Drazner Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc