Alan J. Balch, PhD, MSc

PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
How Pathways Can Support Reimbursement for Personalized Decision Making and Care Planning
03/13/2019
The ideal way to manage the utilization of health care resources in an era of value-based and precision medicine is to require and provide reimbursement for personalized decision making and care planning with...
The ideal way to manage the utilization of health care resources in an era of value-based and precision medicine is to require and provide reimbursement for personalized decision making and care planning with...
The...
03/13/2019
Journal of Clinical Pathways
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
Talking With Patients About Clinical Trials
02/19/2019
Communicating with patients about clinical trials can be a daunting task, especially when many individuals have misconceptions about the nature of clinical trials, confusion about what tasks are involved in...
Communicating with patients about clinical trials can be a daunting task, especially when many individuals have misconceptions about the nature of clinical trials, confusion about what tasks are involved in...
...
02/19/2019
Journal of Clinical Pathways
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
Talking About Costs of Care—Part Two: Integrating Discussions Into the Clinical Workflow
10/15/2018
In Part 1 of this 2-part column series on shared decision making, we discussed the need for health care teams to create a safe and inviting environment for patients to talk about financial concerns and questions...
In Part 1 of this 2-part column series on shared decision making, we discussed the need for health care teams to create a safe and inviting environment for patients to talk about financial concerns and questions...
In...
10/15/2018
Journal of Clinical Pathways
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
Can We Talk? Discussing What Matters With the People Who Matter
08/19/2019
Literature shows that patients feel better when they have the opportunity to express emotional concerns and their physicians respond empathically. When patients feel heard and understood, they are also better...
Literature shows that patients feel better when they have the opportunity to express emotional concerns and their physicians respond empathically. When patients feel heard and understood, they are also better...
...
08/19/2019
Journal of Clinical Pathways
A Framework for Person-Centered Care Pathways in Oncology
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
A Framework for Person-Centered Care Pathways in Oncology
02/18/2020
Historically, the development of clinical pathways has been effective in treatment planning for cancer care. In line with the increasing sophistication of pathways, it is time to consider how patient-specific factors...
Historically, the development of clinical pathways has been effective in treatment planning for cancer care. In line with the increasing sophistication of pathways, it is time to consider how patient-specific factors...
...
02/18/2020
Journal of Clinical Pathways
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
A Proposed Taxonomy for Decision Support Tools Based on Person-Centered Shared Decision-Making
11/15/2022
The authors discuss the need for a systematic and transparent process for developing and evaluating decision support tools as it relates to their ability to address nonmedical concerns and impact, as well as patient preferences.
The authors discuss the need for a systematic and transparent process for developing and evaluating decision support tools as it relates to their ability to address nonmedical concerns and impact, as well as patient preferences.
The authors discuss the need for...
11/15/2022
Journal of Clinical Pathways
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
Standards Development for Person-Centered Decision Support Tools
12/05/2022
Alan Balch and colleagues explain the efforts and standards that the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation set out to establish for determining the extent to which a decision support tool could be considered...
Alan Balch and colleagues explain the efforts and standards that the Patient Advocate Foundation and the National Patient Advocate Foundation set out to establish for determining the extent to which a decision support tool could be considered...
Alan Balch and colleagues...
12/05/2022
Journal of Clinical Pathways
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
Talking About Costs of Care During Shared Decision Making—Part One: The Problem
08/22/2018
In Part 1 of this 2-part column series on shared decision making, we discuss the need for health care teams to create a safe and inviting environment for patients to talk about financial concerns and questions...
In Part 1 of this 2-part column series on shared decision making, we discuss the need for health care teams to create a safe and inviting environment for patients to talk about financial concerns and questions...
In...
08/22/2018
Journal of Clinical Pathways
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
Granularity: The Missing Link in Clinical Pathways
05/15/2018
Most clinical pathways have not been designed to incorporate the full spectrum of the patient experience, which includes elements not immediately related to clinical considerations. Changing that requires a...
Most clinical pathways have not been designed to incorporate the full spectrum of the patient experience, which includes elements not immediately related to clinical considerations. Changing that requires a...
Most...
05/15/2018
Journal of Clinical Pathways
PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
The Time Has Come to Involve Patients in Clinical Pathways
03/15/2018
Patients are not often given a voice in the development and implementation of clinical pathways, the main focus of which have been to provide treatment options and guidance primarily based on clinical medical...
Patients are not often given a voice in the development and implementation of clinical pathways, the main focus of which have been to provide treatment options and guidance primarily based on clinical medical...
...
03/15/2018
Journal of Clinical Pathways

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