ASA or NSA or WSO? Look at the nice printed decision aid .
http://www.theheart.org/article/1383105.do?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20120411_EN_Heartwire
Chest-pain patients at low risk for acute coronary syndrome are more engaged in decisions about their care and less likely to undergo stress testing if they read a decision aid that clearly explains their risk and management options, according to results of a new study published online April 10, 2012 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes [1].
Dr Erik Hess (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) and colleagues developed a printed decision aid for patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms of nontraumatic chest pain. Their single-center study of the decision aid's benefits to these patients "provides important insights into the potential impact of incorporating validated prediction models in a patient-centered way into the flow of care and the impact of a decision aid on the patient and physician experience of care in the acute setting," Hess et al argue. "Data from this investigation suggest that shared decision-making interventions in patients with acute cardiovascular conditions may have a positive impact on knowledge transfer and decisional quality and match resource use to patient needs and preferences."
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