SHARED DECISION MAKING

This service is offered at the Priority Care Center, 2316 Harrison Avenue, Eureka.

Shared Decision Making provides patients access to accurate and easy to understand booklets called Decision Aids and Coaching services specific to their condition.  Our goal is to help patients understand all of their care choices, so they and their provider can choose the option that is best for them. The Coaching services and Decision Aids are free and available to all patients.

Shared Decision Making Referral Form for Providers

Decision aids and coaching are available for the following:

  • Acute Low Back Pain
  • Chronic Low Back Pain
  • Herniated Disc: Choosing Treatment
  • Knee Osteoarthritis
  • Protecting Your Bones: Preventing Another Fracture
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Treatment Choices for Hip Osteoarthritis
  • Treatment Choices for Torn Meniscus
  • Heart Tests: Learning About Your Choices
  • Living with Heart Failure
  • Stable Chest Discomfort
  • Treatment Choices for Carotid Artery Disease
  • Treatment Choices for Peripheral Artery Disease
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • DCIS: Choosing Your Treatment
  • Early Stage Breast Cancer
  • Treatment Choices for Uterine Fibroids
  • Treatment Choices: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  • Is a PSA Test Right for You?
  • Colon Cancer Screening: Deciding What’s Right
  • Weight Loss Surgery: Is it Right for You?
  • Coping with Symptoms of Depression
  • Help with Anxiety
  • Living Better with Chronic Pain
  • Sleeping Better: Help for Insomnia
  • Looking Ahead: Choices for Medical Care When You’re Seriously Ill
  • Peace of Mind: Advance Directives
 Watch the video below to learn about Shared Decision Making
Patients can self-refer by calling Priority Care Center at 707-442-0478

 

Shared Decision Making in the News

GRAY MATTERS: Shared decision-making center to open in fall (7-22-2014)
The top recommendation from a community report addressing North Coast surgery rates that more than double the rest of the state on some elective procedures will come to fruition in early fall with the opening of a shared decision-making center in Eureka.
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