Evaluating a Prediction Tool and Decision Aid for Patients with Crohn's Disease
This research demonstrated a shared decision-making program influencing Crohn’s disease patients’ choice of therapy and decision quality.
This research demonstrated a shared decision-making program influencing Crohn’s disease patients’ choice of therapy and decision quality.
This project designed a shared decisionmaking support aid for vaginal birth after Caesarean section and concluded that the tool was feasible to implement for a diverse patient population.
This project developed and tested a tablet-based decision aid to assist primary care providers in applying patient-reported outcomes to smoking cessation and found that the tool facilitated more conversations about smoking cessation between patients and providers.
This project developed a patient-centric tool called the Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System to estimate the risk of adverse operative outcomes.
This research worked with orthopedic surgeons and their patients on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and found that patients prefer simple tools around individualized goals; that text reminders improve response rates for PROMs; and that, while surgeons perceive that aggregate PROMs reports have value, provision of performance comparison reports did not improve outcomes over a 5-month period.
This research evaluated CareHeroes, an application to support caregivers of those living with dementia, and identified the app features most likely to be used, including chatbot resource links, a caregiver burden inventory, and a memory and behavior problem checklist.
This contract provided the administration and management of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's “Step Up App Challenge: Advancing Care Through Patient Self-Assessments.”
This research will develop an information technology and implementation strategy for using patient-reported outcomes in primary care settings caring for diverse patients with multiple chronic conditions.
This study adapted and implemented an electronic sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk assessment program in general pediatric practices in the St. Louis metropolitan area, successfully increasing screening and testing among adolescents in this high-incidence area.
This study tested the effectiveness of the BREASTChoice breast reconstruction clinical decision support tool on decision quality, surgical choice, and shared decision making. Findings from the use of the tool showed improved patient knowledge and reduced immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy.