Empowering the patient to take an active role in their health decision-making is a vital aspect of evidence-based healthcare. Explore more on this topic in this latest blog.
In this blog, Hebatullah has summarised some key aspects of a resource in our Library – a recording of a webinar on ‘Making health decisions’, run by Cochrane UK in October 2022.
Digital medication adherence systems are technology-based solutions that help patients manage their medication regimens and improve their adherence to prescribed treatments.
Health literacy is, in a nutshell, the extent to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make an informed health decision. But what is the impact on health outcomes for those with poor health literacy?
Shreya provides background and context on the importance and use of decision‐support tools via mobile devices in primary healthcare settings, whilst also summarizing a 2021 Cochrane review on this topic.
What is a non-inferiority trial and how do patient, drug, and study design characteristics influence decisions of the non-inferiority threshold and clinical decisions.
Shared decision making (SDM) is a collaborative process between physician and patient that is applicable to any clinical decision, whether diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive in nature. In this blog, Tiffany presents why there is an ethical imperative for SDM to be routinely incorporated into everyday patient care within all healthcare settings.
This is the third in a three-part blog which will look at a few aspects of the topic in more detail like the cost-effectiveness plane, discount rates, and other key elements in health economic evaluation.
This blog is an introduction to Research Priority Setting (RSP), also providing useful resources to understand how RSP exercises are carried out.
Danny has reviewed the US Cochrane Center’s online course that aims to help you understand the basics of evidence-based healthcare and why it’s important.
Sense about Science have a long-standing campaign encouraging people to #AskForEvidence and in their new Healthy Evidence forum, in partnership with NHS Choices, they ask patients and the general public to get involved!
Webinar given by Martin Burton, Director of the UK Cochrane Centre, on the addressing uncertainties in treatment decisions. He also suggests some good books and websites.
Applying the evidence in clinical practice may not always be easy. This slideshow looks at the roles of patient choice and other factors in making good evidence-based clinical decisions.
This is an information skills tutorial that provides the opportunity for students to learn more about searching for information
This is a video from the Cochrane UK & Ireland 21st Anniversary Symposium looking at the Challenges of communication facing the Cochrane Collaboration.
Paper from the US Institute of Medicine on how clinicians should communicate with patients on evidence-based medicine.
Short animated movie on the importance of shared decision making. Looking at how we weigh our options and what other factors affect our decisions when it comes to the patient’s needs.
This is a great website for those who want to learn more about the process of shared decision making. The website uses case studies to set out the pros and cons of each treatment option.
Presentations for the users of the Cochrane Collaboration products.
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