JAMA Network Research Letter: Use of the Patient-Identified Top Health Priority in Care Decision-making for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network has published a research letter titled, "Use of the Patient-Identified Top Health Priority in Care Decision-making for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions."
The research letter discusses the development of Patient Priorities Care (PPC) which involves identifying and aligning care with patients' specific health priorities. These factors are especially important when it comes to decision-making in care, particularly in relation to variability in health outcome goals and health care preferences. The letter references a cross-sectional study whose goals were:
- To determine the top health priority that patients most wanted to focus on to achieve their goals
- To consider how this priority addresses challenges while facilitating decision-making that aligns with patients' priorities
The authors emphasize the importance of the patient's role in decision making, "Identifying the top health priority that patients want to focus on holds promise as an approach to initiating patient priorities-aligned decision-making, filtering all care through the lens of what matters most to each patient."
This study was supported by grants from The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
To read the letter, click here.
To learn more about PPC, click here.
To learn more about JAHF's PPC grant, click here.
