Decision Support

Patients often need help and support when making health care decisions. Patients can feel confident and decisive in one area but need information and guidance in another.

It can be difficult for patients to speak up during their medical care and they often struggle to communicate their needs and opinions to their providers and caregivers. The following tools assist with the many challenges of patient-provider interactions, including making good use of limited time during visits, the need to remember every detail and question during the typical fast-paced health care encounter, and ensuring a thorough informed consent process.