Funding Research in Emergency Department Shared Decision Making: A Summary of the 2016 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference Panel Discussion

Abstract

T he 2016 Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Consensus Conference was focused on creating a policy-relevant, patient-centered research agenda for shared decision making (SDM) in the emergency department (ED). As part of the conference, representatives of a diverse group of funding agencies were assembled to serve on a panel addressing strategies and opportunities to secure funding in ED SDM research. The panel met as a group three times in the year leading up to the conference to identify examples

Clinical outcomes after shared decision‐making tools with families of children with obstructive sleep apnea without tonsillar hypertrophy

“…On a societal level, SDM has been shown to reduce unnecessary care and decrease the possibility of harm; it may also reduce healthcare costs . Although this collaborative process has been widely discussed and documented in a broad spectrum of medical and surgical specialties, research assessing its use in otolaryngology is scant and has been identified as a gap in knowledge …”

A shared decision‐making tool for obstructive sleep apnea without tonsillar hypertrophy: A randomized controlled trial

“…Additionally, SDM has been shown to reduce unnecessary care, decrease the possibility of harm, and may also reduce healthcare costs . Although this collaborative process has been widely discussed and documented in a broad spectrum of medical and surgical specialties, research assessing its use in otolaryngology is scant and has been identified as a gap in knowledge …”

“…6 Additionally, SDM has been shown to reduce unnecessary care, decrease the possibility of harm, and may also reduce healthcare costs. 7 Although this collaborative process has been widely discussed and documented in a broad spectrum of medical and surgical specialties, 3,[8][9][10][11][12][13] research assessing its use in otolaryngology is scant and has been identified as a gap in knowledge. 2,14,15 One of the ways in which SDM is implemented into clinical practice is through the use of shared decisionmaking tools (SDMTs) to evaluate possible treatment options on individual patients.…”

The 2016 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference, Shared Decision Making in the Emergency Department: Development of a Policy‐relevant Patient‐centered Research Agenda May 10, 2016, New Orleans, LA

“…The funding panel included Marcus Escobedo, MPA from the John A. Hartford Foundation, Jeremy Brown, MD from the NIH Office of Emergency Care Research, Brendan Carr, MD from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Patrick Dunn, PhD from the American Heart Association, and Christopher Gayer, PhD from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. 21 …”