The 'informedhealthchoice' group develops and evaluates decision support technologies on a not-for-profit basis.
The concept of participation in decision making is also known as 'shared decision making’ and incorporates the field of ‘risk communication’. We develop web based decision explorers (idex) to enable exploration of relevant harms and benefits. Both Glyn Elwyn and Adrian Edwards have publications in this field.
IPDAS is a group of researchers, practitioners and stakeholders from around the world. The IPDAS collaboration is led by Professors Annette O'Connor in Canada and Glyn Elwyn in the United Kingdom. We are validating an instrument named IPDASi to assess the quality of patient Decision Support Technology. See: http//www.ipdasi.org/
For relevant publications
See IPDAS BMJ publication
Should
patient decision aids (PtDAs) be introduced in the health care system? (WHO)
IPDAS Collaboration background evidence documents.
We collaborate closely with the Ottawa Health Research Institute, Canada.