title: Shared decision making. Medical groups embrace dawn of new day.
abstract: Patient care improves with shared decision making, a new healthcare model used by health systems across the country. Identified as a national priority for healthcare transformation, the shared-decision-making model requires providers to engage patients in their healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Lewis Health Strategies, Denver, USA. sue@lhstrategies.com
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*