5 Barriers, Facilitators of Shared Decision-Making

Shared decision-making in healthcare, in which patients and providers share information and jointly make decisions based on the individual needs of the patient, requires a significant investment, according to a study in Health Affairs.

Researchers surveyed 23 people from eight primary care sites participating in a three-year shared decision-making demonstration led by the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation.


The surveys revealed three main barriers to shared decision-making:

1. Overworked physicians
2. Insufficient provider training
3. Clinical information systems incapable of prompting or tracking patients through the decision-making process

Surveyors also identified two facilitators of shared decision-making:

1. Using automatic triggers for the distribution of decision aids
2. Engaging team members other than physicians in the process

The authors concluded "substantial investments in provider training, information systems and process reengineering may be necessary to implement shared decision making successfully."

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