Implementation of prostate cancer treatment decision aid in Michigan: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Urological Association White Paper on Implementation of Shared Decision Making (SDM) into Urological Practice suggested SDM represents the state of the art in counseling for patients who are faced with difficult or uncertain medical decisions. The Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC) implemented a decision aid, Personal Patient Profile-Prostate (P3P), in 2018 to help newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients make shared decisions with their clinicians. We conducted a qualitative study to assess statewide implementation of P3P throughout MUSIC.

Methods

We recruited urologists and staff from 17 MUSIC practices (8 implementation and 9 comparator practices) to understand how practices engaged patients on treatment discussions and t

SUBMITTER: Paudel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936475 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature