Using Nudges to Enhance Clinicians' Implementation of Shared Decision Making With Patient Decision Aids.

ABSTRACT: Background. Although effective interventions for shared decision making (SDM) exist, there is a lack of uptake of these tools into clinical practice. "Nudges," which draw on behavioral economics and target automatic thinking processes, are used by policy makers to influence population-level behavior change. Nudges have not been applied in the context of SDM interventions but have potential to influence clinician motivation, a primary barrier to long-term adoption of SDM tools. Objective. Describe, evaluate, and propose recommendations for the use of a behavioral economics framework (MINDSPACE) on clinician motivation and behavior during implementation of a validated decision aid (DA) for left ventricular assist device at nine hospitals. Methods. Qualitative thematic an

SUBMITTER: Kostick KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7227151 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature