The Health Decision Sciences Center at MGH is committed to improving the quality of decisions made by patients and providers about medical tests and treatments.
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Happening now! Be on the lookout for our colleagues (Drs Leigh Simmons, KD Valentine, Lotan Kraun) presenting at the 13th International Shared Decision Making Conference in Dartmouth, NH! @isdmsociety @kd_valentine3 @simmons_leighmd
sites.dartmouth.edu/isdm2026…
Fantastic session with Dr. David Chambers from @theNCI ! Lively discussion on implementation science, sustaining evidence-based interventions, and designing for real-world impact. #ImplementationScience #DisseminationScience
Read his work here: link.springer.com/article/10…
Summer started the best way: getting off Zoom and getting outside as a team. 🚣♀️
Kicked off summer with an evening of kayaking, good food, and better company. Grateful to work with such a talented, collaborative, and genuinely fun group of people.
#TeamScience #ResearchLife
How well does a model of #clinicalcare from 2008 hold up? At journal club today Richard Wexler led us in discussion of this paper, how it relates to the 7 steps of #SharedDecisionMaking, and how current training and care match these suggestions.
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At our journal Club, Dr. Barry will be presenting an article by Samir Gupta focusing on estimating the cumulative CRC risks, non-CRC mortality, and all-cause mortality among adults 75 years of age or older with vs without adenoma at prior colonoscopy.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4195…
We enjoyed a great meeting this week with our site champions, advisors and colleagues in primary care, geriatrics and GI to implement the PRIMED Study which aims to support #colorectalcancerscreening decisions in older adults #shareddecisionmaking
👀 Check out our newly published article that explores how tolerance of different types of uncertainty relates to decision-related outcomes among older adults considering colorectal cancer screening: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @kd_valentine3 @hodafakhari
Helping cancer patients make informed decisions about genetic testing without increasing visit length—decision aids are a critical component of patient-centered cancer care. Check out how in the following paper: academic.oup.com/rescon/arti…
🧵 March is colorectal cancer awareness month. In our work at the Health Decision Sciences Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, we see that supporting these decisions requires more than simply offering a test. It requires meaningful conversations.
At the same time, screening decisions are not always straightforward. For many older adults (ages 76–85), the question is not only whether to be screened, but how, for example what method of testing -- and whether screening aligns with their preferences, health status, and goals.
As we mark this month, it is an opportunity to reflect on how we can better support patients in making informed, preference-sensitive decisions about colorectal cancer screening.
#ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth #SharedDecisionMaking #CancerPrevention #PatientCenteredCare
Is ‘shared decision-making’ being hijacked by U.S. health officials to sow doubt about vaccines? statnews.com/2026/01/20/shar… via @statnews ft @simmons_leighmd & @glynelwyn
Join @ksepucha in a free webinar about engaging patients in research on Thursday Feb 19th at 12pm EST. Register below!
From Patients to Partners: Elevating Patient Voices in Research us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Join us Feb 11th! @ksepucha will discuss her recent chapter in the Oxford Textbook of Shared Decision Making in Healthcare with co-authors facilitated by @kd_valentine3. Free registration below!
Join this free online panel - a joint ISDMS & SMDM activity - featuring authors from the Oxford Textbook of Shared Decision Making.
“Let’s Talk About Measurement: Making Sense of Shared Decision Making Metrics”
Feb 11, 2026 | 10:00–11:30 AM EST
Register: tinyurl.com/2cn6sbkp
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Join this free online panel - a joint ISDMS & SMDM activity - featuring authors from the Oxford Textbook of Shared Decision Making.
“Let’s Talk About Measurement: Making Sense of Shared Decision Making Metrics”
Feb 11, 2026 | 10:00–11:30 AM EST
Register: tinyurl.com/2cn6sbkp
Wrapping up 2025 with a new publication!
A Learning Collaborative of 12 orthopedic practices across the U.S. worked to integrate decision aids into routine care. We developed an implementation toolkit to help other practices interested in implementation: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
The implementation toolkit is freely accessible here: mghdecisionsciences.org/tool…
