Patient involvement in decisions about their care is one aspect of patient engagement and experience. Evidence tells us that supporting patients to be actively involved in their own care, treatment decisions, and support can improve outcomes and experiences and potentially yield efficiency savings for the system.
Key Resources
The Primary Care Patient Experience Survey and Primary Care Patient Experience Survey: Support Guide are designed to help primary care practices achieve the goals of improving access to care and the care experiences of their patients. The guide is a handbook for practices planning to survey patients in a primary care setting. The Primary Care Patient Experience Survey contains the specific question related to this indicator
Shared decision making NICE guideline [NG197] Published: 17 June 2021
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Patient Decision Aids