Welcome to the Shared Decision Making (SDM) program newsletter. This is a special addition newsletter announcing our new partnership with Healthwise.
New Decision Aids available through Epic!
The Health Decision Sciences Center's (HDSC) Shared Decision Making Program, in conjunction with Partners Center for Population Health, is excited to announce a
new partnership with Healthwise which will replace our current decision aid vendor. Starting
March 7th, a new EPIC ordering process will take effect to order these new decision aids for patients.
Healthwise Shared Decision Points are step-by-step decision aids to support patients in understanding their choices, comparing risks and benefits, and expressing their preferences and personal values to decide what's right for them
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The tools are designed to be used online via Patient Gateway. If your patient is not active on Patient Gateway, you can still print these off at point of care.
Some highlights of the tools:
They are short, interactive decision aids
The tools are available in both English and Spanish
Patient responses to the online questions are fed back into their medical record and displayed in a PDF report for the clinician to utilize in a follow-up visit with the patient
Our team will continue to send communication about this new partnership and the Epic ordering process to clinicians and practices in the coming week. We're visiting with leadership and practices to share this information - please let us know if you'd like us to present to your team. Thank you for your continued support in engaging patients in shared decision making!
Here you will find a list of the new available topics and how to order in EPIC!
