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🧵Patient preferences matter, as do clinical biases. Sam Finnikin Richard Lehman Angela Coulter Glyn Elwyn Prof. Tammy Hoffmann

Four shades of paternalism in healthcare: the fighter, the advocate, the sympathizer, and the fisher. Daddy trends in medicine: good or bad? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bi…

Thanks ASBrS for partnering with the SHAIR Collaborative to provide their breast surgeons with Option Grids to enhance shared decision making breastsurgeons.org/management/pra… #BreastSurgeons #BreastCancer #SHAIRCollaborative #SharedDecisionMaking #ebsco

Has lack of clarity around the difference between public involvement/engagement and research involving human participants led to researchers seeking ethical approval for PI ‘just in case’? With case examples, our latest paper offers some solutions researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Does generative AI have the potential to support shared decision-making? We think so. With some guardrails ... doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm…

Interested in what would happen if we did a study in which we asked people to ask the same prompts about a healthcare question and then collaborated to compare the results ... the role of GenAI in healthcare needs evaluation ... #genAI #healthcare ebm.bmj.com/content/early/…

A massive step forward. Patient/ public /civil society advocates round the world now need to step up pressure on governments to fund and implement this participation, embed it in health systems, and ensure its truly equitable and inclusive.

1300% price difference: "the net cost of #Ozempic in the U.S. is abt $600 a month. Ozempic in Germany costs just $59 for a month’s supply. The net price of Wegovy in the U.S. is $809, while it goes for $92 in the United Kingdom." qz.com/novo-nordisk-o…

Eliciting patient's perspectives ... does not happen accidentally. A key to unlock shared decision making. "Research suggests that the clinician’s behavior is crucial for the patient to disclose information, for example, by showing empathy ..." bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/5/e…

Could doctors use LLMs to prepare patients for visits? Is it dangerous? Might perfection be the enemy of better here? #Technology #Intelligence #Data #Machine ebm.bmj.com/content/early/…

No big deal; just a guy playing fetch with a beluga whale... 😮

#Shared #decision-making elements are often poorly defined & inconsistently discussed during clinical visits. To address this: personal perspective elicitation encompasses preferences, values & contexts for #SDM. Coding scheme developed using patient decision aids.

Sugarbuddies. Not what you think it is. A model for people with long term illness across the world? bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Had a fantastic workshop on #AI enabled Shared Decision Making #SDM with at #isdm2024 International Shared Decision Making Society Anik Giguere @[email protected] Glyn Elwyn Adrian Edwards & Marie-clare Hunter

Good morning beautiful Lausanne 🇨🇭 Collaborating with old and new colleagues at the ISDM 2024 conference - all updates at #ISDM2024 #shareddecisionmaking

When to engage in SDM? A challenge for resident physicians and physician educators. See ‘Family medicine residents’ perspectives on shared decision-making: A m... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #FOAMed Glyn Elwyn Samira A.Rahimi, Ph.D.

A review of reviews (umbrella) of the role of shared decision making in mental health finding narrow focus and missed opportunities ... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Q: Is Shared Decision Making for End-of-Life Decisions Associated With Better Outcomes as Compared to Other Forms of Decision Making? A Systematic Literature Review: A: We don't know yet. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…