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Dartmouth College

2017

Decision support techniques

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“Provoking Conversations”: Case Studies Of Organizations Where Option Grid™ Decision Aids Have Become ‘Normalized’, Peter Scalia, Glyn Elwyn, Marie-Anne Durand Aug 2017

“Provoking Conversations”: Case Studies Of Organizations Where Option Grid™ Decision Aids Have Become ‘Normalized’, Peter Scalia, Glyn Elwyn, Marie-Anne Durand

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Background: Implementing patient decision aids in clinic workflow has proven to be a challenge for healthcare organizations and physicians. Our aim was to determine the organizational strategies, motivations, and facilitating factors to the routine implementation of Option Grid™ encounter decision aids at two independent settings. Method: Case studies conducted by semi-structured interview, using the Normalization Process Theory (NPT) as a framework for thematic analysis. Twenty three interviews with physicians, nurses, hospital staff and stakeholderswere conducted at: 1) CapitalCare Medical Group in Albany, New York; 2) HealthPartners Clinics in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Results: ‘Coherent’ motivations were guided by financial incentives at CapitalCare, …