This quick, three-step process can help you and your patients make health care decisions that align with their goals and values. Editor's note: Case 1 below was edited to clarify that John chose the ...

Healthcare is in the midst of a shift toward more patient-centric and accountable care; as a result, time- and resource-constrained providers are embracing new and innovative models for delivering and ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that its Innovation Center is launching a pair of 5-year demonstration projects aimed at evaluating different approaches to shared ...

Shared decision making (SDM)—when clinicians and patients make medical decisions together—is moving swiftly from an ethical ideal toward widespread clinical implementation affecting millions of ...

Establishing a therapeutic alliance early in treatment is a powerful remission tool. Interpersonal relationships, including those between the patient and the provider, may impact the course of ...

CMS has cancelled a project to test shared decision-making because of a lack of interest among accountable care organizations. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has decided not to test one ...