Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

 
Improving the quality of medical decisions
The Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making is a non-profit organization dedicated to assuring that people understand their choices and have the information they need to make sound decisions affecting their health and well being.


    Medical Evidence - Patient Values - Informed Decision Making


The Foundation believes that no one medical answer is right for all people and the decision that will best serve a particular patient often depends critically on the patient's own preferences and values.




Patient Quote

The Foundation is pleased to announce the recent publication of Rethinking Informed Consent: The Case for Shared Medical Decision-Making authored by Jaime King and Ben Moulton.

Networks Pro-screening Enthusiasm
Stories about Elizabeth Edwards' breast cancer and Tony Snow's colon cancer have led some news organizations to offer recommendations about cancer screening.

Unfortunately, some of the recommendations are simply not based on evidence. Read more
Gary Schwitzer authors Criteria in Excellence for Health and Medical Journalism for AMA Virtual Mentor.

Foundation to sponsor 4th International Shared Decision Making Conference.
Managed Care features the use of patient decision aids in Give Patients the Tools to Make Good Decisions.
Contact | Site Map | Newsletter
Phone:(617)367-2000    Fax:(617)367-0315
© 2006 Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Inc 40 Court Street, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02108