Having to opt out to stop receiving sales pitches that I never requested annoys me. Now, some health-care leaders want to use opt-out requirements to improve patients’ decision-making and adherence to medical advice. Instead of making patients who want certain health services to opt in by seeking them, the usual approach in health care, they want to make patients opt out if they don’t want them. They say this would help patients make better choices. A new study hints that this approach might backfire, at least for screening colonoscopy…. Read More→
Most Surgeons Want Shared Decision-Making
This might surprise some patients, but a recent study found that most surgeons prefer to team up with patients to make treatment choices. Yet, surgeons tend to decide themselves instead. The study unearthed some clues as to why they do so and where to intervene to foster shared decision-making. Almost 300 surgeons from 60 countries… Read More→
