Does Shared Decision Making Actually Occur in the Emergency Department? Looking at It from the Patients' Perspective.

Elizabeth M Schoenfeld Marc A ProbstDenise D QuigleyPeter St MarieNikita NayyarSarah H SabbaghTanesha BeckfordHemal K Kanzaria

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2019)

Fewer than half of ED patients surveyed reported they were involved in SDM. The most common decision for which SDM was used was around ED disposition (admission vs. discharge). When SDM was employed, patients generally rated the discussion highly.

Keyphrases

emergency department
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes