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102patient decision aid (i.e., are designed to help people make specific choices by provid<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>formation about the relevant options and outcomes and by clarify<strong>in</strong>g personalvalues); have a development process that <strong>in</strong>cludes expert review; have an updatepolicy; use scientific evidence; and disclose their fund<strong>in</strong>g sources and/or conflicts of<strong>in</strong>terest (Ottawa <strong>Health</strong> Research Institute, 2008). The <strong>in</strong>ventory assesses the extentto which each aid meets IPDAS criteria.The Cochrane Collaboration. The Cochrane Collaboration, founded <strong>in</strong> 1993, isan <strong>in</strong>dependent, <strong>in</strong>ternational, not-for-profit organization that makes <strong>in</strong>formationavailable about the effects of health care <strong>in</strong>terventions. It produces and dissem<strong>in</strong>atessystematic reviews of <strong>in</strong>terventions and promotes study of them (Cochrane Collaboration,2007). The Cochrane Inventory, which lists all identified DAs (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g thosethat are still under development and some that are no longer available) currently<strong>in</strong>cludes 343 DAs. The Web address is http://www.cochrane.org.Foundation for Informed Medical <strong>Decision</strong> <strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong>. This foundation is a not-forprofitorganization that creates SDM programs <strong>in</strong> videotape and other forms tobr<strong>in</strong>g medical evidence together with an “appreciation of patients’ attitudes andpreferences regard<strong>in</strong>g treatment alternatives.” It works <strong>in</strong> partnership with <strong>Health</strong>Dialog (see below) to distribute its materials, and does not make those materialsavailable directly to the public. The foundation also sponsors research <strong>in</strong>to decisionmak<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong> health care. At the time of this writ<strong>in</strong>g, the 2006 recipient of their dissertationfellowship was study<strong>in</strong>g “shared decision mak<strong>in</strong>g for patients with severe andpersistent mental illness.” The foundation’s Web address is http://www.fimdm.org.<strong>Health</strong> Dialog, Inc. <strong>Health</strong> Dialog is a for-profit company that offers a program tohelp health plans, employers, government entities, and providers support <strong>in</strong>dividuals<strong>in</strong> their health care. <strong>Health</strong> Dialog’s program provides <strong>in</strong>dividuals served by itsclient organizations with round-the-clock access to health coaches (specially tra<strong>in</strong>edhealth care professionals) who offer help by support<strong>in</strong>g decisions as well as <strong>in</strong> avariety of other ways. They also provide educational tools and resources onl<strong>in</strong>e,<strong>in</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>t, on audiotapes, and <strong>in</strong> videos. <strong>Health</strong> Dialog produces its videos <strong>in</strong> collaborationwith the Foundation for Informed Medical <strong>Decision</strong> <strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> (see above),and does not make them available to the general public. The Web site is located athttp://www.healthdialog.com.Sources of DAs available to the publicCenter for <strong>Shared</strong> <strong>Decision</strong> <strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong>, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. TheFoundation for Informed Medical <strong>Decision</strong> <strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> and <strong>Health</strong> Dialog, Inc. helps tosupport this center, which is the first <strong>in</strong> the United States focused on help<strong>in</strong>g patientsmake all k<strong>in</strong>ds of medical decisions, and offers its services free of charge. Individualscan call to make an appo<strong>in</strong>tment, send questions via e-mail, visit the office (<strong>in</strong>Lebanon, NH), and/or borrow materials. The center’s decision aid library offers a<strong>Shared</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong>: Practice, Research, and Future Directions

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