Great Doctors Diagnose Patient Preferences – Using Fast and Frugal Tools

Patient Centered Care has the potential to lower cost, improve quality of care and increase patient satisfaction but why hasn’t there been a more widespread adoption? This keynote will identify the drivers behind Shared Decision Making and demonstrate how to unlock its potential benefits.

• Define Shared Decision Making (SDM) and evaluate the proof of concept
• Understand the health care policies that are driving patient centered decisions
• Assess the benefits of SDM and learn to leverage them for positive results
• Uncover the keys to getting buy in at your organization

Creating the Infrastructure to Successfully Adopt a Shared Decision Making Process

Building the infrastructure to adopt Shared Decision Making relies heavily upon resources, time, tools, training and most importantly people. In this session, you will hear from a variety of perspectives, with working SDM models, proven strategies used to implement SDM.

• Discover ways to overcome the most common barriers to SDM
• Learn to integrate SDM into usual care across the care continuum and normalize this approach into everyday care
• Understand requirements for service delivery

Decision Aids – What Works, What Doesn’t and How to Utilize them to Support Your Shared Decision Making Strategy

This session will guide you through the many types of Decision Aids available and the criteria to which you should measure the quality of these tools. In this lively and information packed session, you will gain a perspective on how Decision Aids can play a vital role in your SDM initiative.

• Discover the types of tools available and their effectiveness (pro’s & con’s)
• Uncover the importance of decision aid effectiveness/quality and certification of standards
• Assess Decision Aids based on clear non biased information, probability outcomes, patient clarification values, etc.
• Build a library of tools that work in your organization

Leveraging Technology to Engage Consumers in Shared Decision Making

Technology plays a vital role in Shared Decision Making. Join Sherri Dorfman in this dynamic panel session and learn how you can leverage tools for improved patient centered decisions.

• Piloting and evaluating SDM tools in the Patient Centered Medical Home to drive physician- patient collaboration for better outcomes
• Leveraging a mobile decision support tool to effectively educate consumers and enable them to evaluate their care options anywhere, anytime
• Discovering and defining a Shared Decision Making opportunity to empower and engage seniors and their families

Sherri Dorfman, MBA Chief Executive Officer, Consumer eHealth Engagement Specialist Stepping Stone Partners