Patient decision aids (PDAs) are support tools designed to provide patients with relevant information to help them make informed decisions about their healthcare. Decision aids make explicit the decision that needs to be made, provide information about treatment options and outcomes, and clarify personal values. They are designed to complement, rather than replace, counseling from a health practitioner. When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, videos, or interactive tools to help them make treatment choices, they are more knowledgeable and satisfied with their care.
CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW FOR PATIENT DECISION AID TOOLS
Coalition for Compassionate Care California
Tools are available for purchase.
- Artificial Hydration Decision Aid (pdf)
- Tube Feeding Decision Aid (pdf)
- CPR Decision Aid (pdf)
- Ventilator Decision Aid (pdf)
Intermountain Healthcare Decision Aids.
Tools are available for free.
Intermountain Health's mission: helping people live the healthiest lives possible through quality, sustainable, and affordable care. Intermountain Health is a United States not-for-profit healthcare system with 385 clinics and 33 hospitals in the Intermountain West.
- Breathing Help Decision Aid (pdf)
- CPR Help Decision Aid (pdf)
- Heart Failure Decision Aid (pdf)
- Tube Feeding Decision Aid (pdf)
The OPTIMISTIC Project Decision Aids.
Tools are available for free.
OPTIMISTIC was a grant funded project which ended in 2020.
- CPR or No CPR: What you should know (pdf)
- Tube Feeding: What you should know (pdf)
- Help with Breathing: What you should know (pdf)
- Antibiotics: What you should know (pdf)
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute – Decision Aids for Patients.
Tools are available for free.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute explores and shares better ways to help patients and clinicians make "tough" healthcare decisions that may have multiple options, uncertain outcomes, and benefits and harms that people value differently. The website offers a wealth of information for practitioners including an A-Z decision aid search tool, an implementation tool kit, and training on “decision-coaching.” https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/index.html
Respecting Choices
Tools are available for purchase.
Respecting Choices® is an internationally recognized, evidence-based model of advance care planning seeking to create a healthcare culture of person-centered care—care that honors an individual’s goals and values for current and future healthcare.
