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Foundation Annual Research Forum

February 4th, 2009 Washington, D.C.

This gathering presented key research findings prompting
thoughtful discussion about policy and reimbursement reform to support the routine use of patient decision aids and a new standard of informed patient choice.

Summaries of all forum presentations can be found below.

SPEAKERS

Medical Decisions in America:
The Patient Perspective

Mick Couper
Research Professor,
University of Michigan

(click for summary of presentation)

Why Shared Decision-Making is Rare: The Physician Perspective

Jack Fowler
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, President

(click for summary of presentation)

Physician’s Perceptions of Patient Values

Karen Sepucha
Senior Scientist
Health Decisions Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

(click for summary of presentation)

What Patient Decision Aids Do
Michael Barry

Chief, General Medicine Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital

(click for summary of presentation)

Building a Practice Model Around Informed Patient Choice

E. Dale Collins
Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School

Director of the Center for Informed Choice, The Dartmouth Institute (TDI) for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

(click for summary of presentation)

Patient-Centered Health Reform: The Washington State Experience with Shared Decision-Making Legislation

Karen Merrikin
Executive Director, Public Policy
Group Health Cooperative

(click for summary of presentation)

The Value of Shared Decision-Making: A Health Plan Perspective

Lance Lang
National Vice President Clinical Quality Officer, Health Net, Inc.

(click for summary of presentation)

POLICY PANEL and DISCUSSION

(click for panel summary)

Moderator

Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs

Providing Medical Services that People Neither Want Nor Need: The US Way of Medicine

John Wennberg
Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences & Founder and Director Emeritus The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Founding Editor, Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care; Co-Founder and Senior Policy Advisor, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

Patients at the Center of Decisions: A Fundamental Component of Health Care Reform

Foundation Annual Research Forum

February 4th, 2009 Washington, D.C.

SPEAKERS

Medical Decisions in America:
The Patient Perspective

Mick Couper
Research Professor,
University of Michigan

(click for summary of presentation)

Why Shared Decision-Making is Rare: The Physician Perspective

Jack Fowler
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, President

(click for summary of presentation)

Physician’s Perceptions of Patient Values

Karen Sepucha
Senior Scientist
Health Decisions Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

(click for summary of presentation)

What Patient Decision Aids Do
Michael Barry

Chief, General Medicine Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital

(click for summary of presentation)

Building a Practice Model Around Informed Patient Choice

E. Dale Collins
Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School

Director of the Center for Informed Choice, The Dartmouth Institute (TDI) for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

(click for summary of presentation)

Patient-Centered Health Reform: The Washington State Experience with Shared Decision-Making Legislation

Karen Merrikin
Executive Director, Public Policy
Group Health Cooperative

(click for summary of presentation)

The Value of Shared Decision-Making: A Health Plan Perspective

Lance Lang
National Vice President Clinical Quality Officer, Health Net, Inc.

(click for summary of presentation)

POLICY PANEL and DISCUSSION

(click for panel summary)

Moderator

Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs

Providing Medical Services that People Neither Want Nor Need: The US Way of Medicine

Patients at the Center of Decisions: A Fundamental Component of Health Care Reform

Debra Ness
President, National Partnership
for Women & Families

Making It A Reality

Margaret O’Kane
President, National Committee
for Quality Assurance

RESEARCH FORUM AGENDA 2009

Foundation Annual Research Forum

February 4th, 2009 Washington, D.C.

SPEAKERS

Medical Decisions in America: The Patient Perspective

Mick Couper Research Professor, University of Michigan

Why Shared Decision-Making is Rare: The Physician Perspective

Jack Fowler Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, President

Physician’s Perceptions of Patient Values

Karen Sepucha Senior Scientist Health Decisions Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

What Patient Decision Aids Do Michael Barry

Chief, General Medicine Unit Massachusetts General Hospital

Building a Practice Model Around Informed Patient Choice

E. Dale Collins Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School

Director of the Center for Informed Choice, The Dartmouth Institute (TDI) for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Patient-Centered Health Reform: The Washington State Experience with Shared Decision-Making Legislation

Karen Merrikin Executive Director, Public Policy Group Health Cooperative

The Value of Shared Decision-Making: A Health Plan Perspective

Lance Lang National Vice President Clinical Quality Officer, Health Net, Inc.

POLICY PANEL and DISCUSSION

Moderator

Susan Dentzer Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs

Providing Medical Services that People Neither Want Nor Need: The US Way of Medicine

Patients at the Center of Decisions: A Fundamental Component of Health Care Reform

Debra Ness President, National Partnership for Women & Families

Making It A Reality

Margaret O’Kane President, National Committee for Quality Assurance

RESEARCH FORUM AGENDA 2009

Medical Decisions in America:
The Patient Perspective

Mick Couper
Research Professor,
University of Michigan

Jack Fowler
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, President

Karen Sepucha
Senior Scientist
Health Decisions Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

What Patient Decision Aids Do
Michael Barry

Chief, General Medicine Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital

E. Dale Collins
Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School

Karen Merrikin
Executive Director, Public Policy
Group Health Cooperative

Lance Lang
National Vice President Clinical Quality Officer, Health Net, Inc.

Susan Dentzer
Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs

Debra Ness
President, National Partnership
for Women & Families

Margaret O’Kane
President, National Committee
for Quality Assurance