Shared Decision Making in
Practice at MGH 
MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
May, 2013
In This Issue
Top 10 Video Programs
SDM Toolkit
Clinical Innovations Award
Online Opportunity
Pre-Visit Updates
Prescription Data
SDM Programs
Upcoming Events

Online Opportunity!

 

The Shared Decision Making team has a new opportunity that would allow patients to view a decision aid on the web. Let us know if you are interested in learning more about how to get your patients this new access.

Top 10

Video Programs:

prescribed last quarter 

 (1/2013 - 3/2013) 

  1. Is a PSA Test Right for You?
  2. Help for Anxiety: Treatments that Work
  3. Sleeping Better: Help for Longterm Insomnia
  4. Coping with Symptoms of Depression
  5. Peace of Mind: Personal Stories about Advance Directives
  6. Colon Cancer Screening
  7. Managing Chronic Low Back Pain
  8. Living with Diabetes
  9. Treatment Choices for Knee Osteoarthritis
  10. Managing Menopause
Quick Links

 

 
 
 

Informed Medical Decisions Foundation

SDM Toolkit
For a useful Shared Decision-Making "toolkit" including helpful hints and FAQs,visit the MGH Excellence Every Day website.
Greetings!

Welcome to the fifth newsletter of the Shared Decision Making (SDM) program. In this newsletter you will find: updates to the available video programs, new shared decision making projects, practice-specific prescription data, upcoming events, and useful resources and links.

 

The Shared Decision Making Program is sponsored by the MGH Health Decision Sciences Center and John D. Stoeckle Center. We strive to provide high-quality health information to promote active and shared decision-making in clinical care at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

 

We appreciate your feedback as we continue to expand and improve upon our program work.

 

Sincerely,

Karen Sepucha, Leigh Simmons, Lauren Leavitt
Shared Decision Making and Back Pain Care ReDesign

 

The Shared Decision Making team was recently awarded the MGH Clinical Innovations Award to conduct a research project examining the impact of the introduction of a patient educational tool and clinician decision support at the time of diagnosis for patients with acute low back pain (ALBP) presenting at the Medical Walk-In Clinic and the IMA Urgent Care Clinic.

 

The MAP Study (Managing expectations for Acute low back Pain Study) aims to improve patient decision quality, confidence in ability to self-manage acute low back pain as well as satisfaction with symptoms, and to reduce the number of inappropriate imaging studies and specialty referrals for ALBP.

Online Opportunity
  
The Shared Decision Making team has a new opportunity that would allow patients to view a decision aid on the web. Let us know if you are interested in learning more about how to get your patients this new access.
Pre-Visit Updates
  

Patients were provided the option to order programs prior to an upcoming appointment in the IMA pods 7&8, along with MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center and the Waltham Primary Care Associates. In general, patients order twice as many decision aids as clinicians in the practice. The Help for Anxiety and Peace of Mind programs are most commonly ordered by patients.  

 

Revere HealthCenter has also begun allowing patients to order programs prior to their clinic visit. Managing Chronic Low Back Pain and Help for Anxiety are most commonly ordered among these patients.

Video Prescription Data
 
Take a look!  Here is a quick view of the shared decision-making video prescription data from the last quarter (January - March, 2013). We've provided an update displaying how each care team compares to other practices across MGH.

* 39 Video Programs are Available to Order *

   

For a copy of our Shared Decision Making flyer including a full listing of the 39 available programs, click here!

All of the SDM one-page information sheets can now be quickly accessed through PCOI.
  
If you think your patients would be interested in viewing a video program online, contact our team. We can work with you to provide this access to patients.
Upcoming Events 

 

The Blum Center at MGH hosts monthly patient education sessions including the presentation of a shared decision making video followed by a facilitated discussion. The one-hour lunch session, 12:00-1:00pm,  is open to MGH patients and staff.
 
May 30, 2013: Coping with Symptoms of Depression with Drs. Timothy Petersen & Albert Yeung.
 
June 28, 2013: Treatment Choices for Hip Osteoarthritis with Dr. Young-Min Kwon & Janet Dorrwachter, NP.
 
Contact us to provide suggestions for future session topics.