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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system emphasizes patient-centered, evidence-based, collaborative health care in a system that seeks continuous quality improvement. Integrated decision support is central to realizing this vision. Decision support systems provide a platform to engage clinicians and patients in making health decisions that incorporate the best evidence on diagnostic and treatment options, the patient’s clinical information and risk factors, and patient values, goals, and preferences for care. The early adoption of health information technology systems in the VA, such as the electronic health record (EHR), has provided the infrastructure for highly innovative research on applied decision making. This chapter highlights contributions of VA investigators using these technologies to advance clinical decision support tools and improve shared decision making in the VA healthcare system and beyond.
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Knight, S.J. (2016). Using the Veterans Health Administration as a Laboratory for Integrated Decision Tools for Patients and Clinicians. In: Diefenbach, M., Miller-Halegoua, S., Bowen, D. (eds) Handbook of Health Decision Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3486-7_17
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