"Projects Aim to Bolster Support Tools for Patients Deciding on What Kind of Health Care They Want"
-UCHealth Today, March 4
Russ Glasgow, PhD, Family Medicine Research Professor, has been working in collaboration with the Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS) and their Colorado Program for Patient-Centered Decisions program directed by Dr. Daniel Matlock, a professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine:
"...the ACCORDS faculty is about six months into a new series of projects to bolster patient decision-making power. The effort, funded by the Anschutz Acceleration Initiative (AAI), focuses on rapidly researching and creating tools to help patients make tough choices about their health, such as considering the risks and benefits of a procedure, managing multiple chronic diseases, understanding the benefits of their medications and other treatments and weighing where they receive their care.
Matlock collaborated with Dr. Russ Glasgow, a PhD professor and researcher with the Department of Family Medicine, in making the five-year funding proposal, which will eventually fund 10 projects. For now, the work focuses on crafting and evaluating decision-support tools in four areas:
- Heart transplant
- Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
- Carotid artery stenting
- Primary care patients with chronic conditions"
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