Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice

“Measuring Shared Decision Making in Practice”
July 9, 10 & 11, 2012
Hanover, NH

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the planning committee, we are pleased to invite you to the 2012 Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice. This year's focus will be on measurement of decision quality and shared decision making in practice. There is a need for metrics for shared decision making and the use of patient decision support that are efficient, valid and reliable – and that have been adapted for use in clinical settings. We have carefully planned this year’s agenda to incorporate essential elements of health care delivery science. There will be two and one half days of didactic multi and interdisciplinary presentations by local, national and international innovators focused on this challenging area.

Don’t miss this opportunity to network, share ideas and strategies, and hear from those who have dedicated themselves to making shared decision making and patient decision support the standard of care internationally.

We hope that you can join us!

Sincerely,

Dale Collins Vidal, MD, MS
Co-Director, 2012 Summer Institute
Director, Center for Informed Choice
The Dartmouth Institute for Health
Policy and Clinical Practice
Lebanon, NH, USA

Karen Sepucha, PhD
Co-Director, 2012 Summer Institute
Director, Health Decision Sciences Center
General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA