In a major change in vaccine policy, the Trump administration recently dropped recommendations that all kids get six immunizations long considered routine. Instead, they're now in a category called ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that its Innovation Center is launching a pair of 5-year demonstration projects aimed at evaluating different approaches to shared ...

Patients are often faced with difficult healthcare decisions, particularly when choosing treatment options for a medical condition. Historically, physicians made treatment decisions for patients.

Credit: Getty Images Respect for the autonomy of patients does not mean leaving them to navigate health care decisions on their own. Shared decision-making enables physicians to serve as guides to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael L. Millenson writes about healthcare as a skeptical optimist. Researchers examining how patients make medical decisions ...

A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBS-MA) pilot increased rates while signaling a shift to home-based screening. "This is the beginning of the shift from colonoscopy to home screening." This ...

Conversations about end-of-life care can turn into conflicts over authority ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vaccine hesitancy is more common among people who seek information from the ...

Many seriously ill patients receive much of their care at home from one or more family members. However, shared decision making (SDM)—the collaborative process whereby clinicians and patients work ...

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