CER Communications: Helping Patients Make Informed Decisions
Any guidelines for communicating comparative effectiveness research (CER) must focus on positioning patients to make informed decisions about their health care, according to Art Caplan, PhD, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center. Dr. Caplan describes the ethics involved in communicating CER findings in this video.
Any guidelines for communicating comparative effectiveness research (CER) must focus on positioning patients to make informed decisions about their health care, according to Art Caplan, PhD, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center. Dr. Caplan describes the ethics involved in communicating CER findings in this video.
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Dr. Caplan wrote an article for the upcoming issue of Health Affairs, which explores the uneven CER communications landscape. Health Affairs will introduce the new issue during a briefing at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center on Thursday, October 11, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Register now!