Webinar
Shared Decision Making: The Role of Information Technology in Addressing Patient Centeredness

Sponsored by
AMIA Knowledge in Motion Working Group

Date
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (ET)

Duration
2 Hours - Hour and a half Presentation with 30 Minute Question and Answer Period

Audience
Informatics Researchers, System Designers, Health Care Practitioners and Health Policy Makers

Cost
AMIA Members: $45
Non-members: $90

Panelists
George Demiris
Associate Professor
Biomedical and Health Informatics
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA

Thomas Wetter
Professor
Medical Informatics
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany

Description
The decision-making framework by Charles et al will be discussed as a foundation for exploring the role of IT. This framework is based on information exchange, deliberation about treatment options, and agreement on the treatment to implement. Three approaches are presented to label the process and outcome of decision-making in this context: the pure paternalistic approach, the pure informed approached and the pure shared approach. The latter is characterized by ongoing interaction and information exchange between patient and health care provider in all stages of the decision making process. There is bidirectional information flow. Information technology can facilitate and enhance this process by improving access to information as well as interaction between stakeholders. Examples that demonstrate shared decision making will focus on home health and preventive care. Issues pertaining to system architecture and challenges resulting from patient empowerment will be discussed.

Topics

• Definition of patient-centered care
• Introduction of the decision-making framework by Charles and discussion of shared decision making
• Design specifications of IT applications that enhance shared decision making
• Evaluation strategies for patient-centered information systems
• Examples of system architecture to address patient empowerment, client management and home monitoring

Learning Objectives

• Gain an understanding of shared decision making and the potential of IT to enhance patient-centered care
  
• Acquire knowledge of patient empowerment principles
  
• Recognize design, implementation and evaluation strategies and challenges
  

Logistics and Minimum System Requirements
This Electronic Learning Event will be delivered via Microsoft Live Meeting, a hosted Web conferencing service. Live Meeting has no server software to install or deploy and anyone can participate in a Live Meeting using a PC, an Internet connection, and a telephone.

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows Server 2003 or later
• Windows XP SP1a or later
• Any edition of Windows 2000 SP4 or later
• Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a or Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
• Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

Supported Browser Configurations

• Internet Explorer 6 or later with the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) (5.0.0.3810) in pre-installed configurations
• Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or later with the Sun JVM 1.4.2 or later
• Netscape 7.2 or later with the Sun JVM 1.4.2 or later

Mac Users

• Mac OSX 10.3
• Safari 1.2
• Macintosh Runtime for Java (MRJ) 1.4.1 or higher Bandwidth 56Kbps or faster connection

Display
800 x 600 pixels or higher resolution monitor (1024 x 768 or higher recommended)

About AMIA
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is an organization of leaders shaping the future of biomedical and health informatics in the United States and abroad. AMIA is dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics in support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration. AMIA links developers and users of health information technology, creating an environment which fosters advances that revolutionize health care. Membership is open to individuals, institutions, and corporations.

Panelist Bios
George Demiris is an Associate Professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics at the School of Medicine, and Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems at the School of Nursing, University of Washington. He obtained his MSc degree in Medical Informatics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany and his PhD degree in Health Informatics from the University of Minnesota. His research interests include the design and evaluation of home based technologies for older adults and patients with chronic conditions and disabilities, smart homes and ambient assisted living applications and the use of telehealth in home care and hospice. He is the Chair of the International Medical Informatics Association Working Group on Smart homes and Ambient Assisted Living, and the American Medical Informatics Association Knowledge in Motion Working Group.

Thomas Wetter is a Professor of Medical Informatics with Heidelberg University, Germany. He received his master's and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Aachen Technical University and a post-doctoral degree in informatics from Kaiserslautern University. During his graduate studies and after graduation he modeled phenomena of the human circulation and micro circulation and was involved in clinical trials. His Ph.D. thesis on a medical expert system gave him the opportunity to join the newly started expert systems group of the IBM Germany Scientific Center in Heidelberg. He spent twelve years with IBM, including sabbatical leaves into customer projects and German and U.S. research institutions and then joined Heidelberg University. His present research interests include knowledge based decision support, partially in conjunction with clinical practice guidelines formalization, contextualization, and tailoring to lay health client needs; preventive medicine and consumer health informatics; case based reasoning and quality assurance.