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FAIR Health adds new tools to support consumers as they navigate the healthcare system
The national, independent nonprofit FAIR Health is unveiling three new enhancements to its platform of online resources to support consumers as they navigate the healthcare system.
FAIR Health has added a shoppable services tool to its free, award-winning website, fairhealthconsumer.org; created a free website for providers about shared decision making to complement the consumer resources on that subject at FAIR Health Consumer; and launched a free mobile app, FH Consumer Classroom, to deliver health insurance education to consumers in a user-friendly, consolidated format.
Shoppable services tool
FAIR Health Unveils Three New Enhancements to Consumer Platform, including Shoppable Services Tool
New Shared Decision-Making Website for Providers Complements FAIR Health Consumer Website
FH® Consumer Classroom, New Mobile App, Delivers User-Friendly Health Insurance Fundamentals
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NEW YORK, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The national, independent nonprofit FAIR Health is unveiling three new enhancements to its platform of online resources to support consumers as they navigate the healthcare system. FAIR Health has added a shoppable services tool to its free, award-winning website, fairhealthconsumer.org; created a free website for providers about shared decision making to complement the consumer resources on that subject at FAIR Health Consumer; and launched a free mobile app, FH Consumer Classroom, to deliver health insurance education to consumers in a user-friendly, consolidated format.
Cost information greatly enhances the value of shared decision making
Cost information, when paired with information about clinical treatment options, greatly enhances the value of shared decision making, reported a FAIR Health brief released today.
This was among the lessons learned from a FAIR Health initiative presenting patient decision aids for shared decision making in palliative care scenarios, as described in the brief Cost Information Enhances Shared Decision Making: Lessons from FAIR Health s Shared Decision-Making Initiative.
Shared decision making means the discussion between patients/caregivers and healthcare providers regarding various treatment options, guided by evidence-based strategies and patient decision aids.
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New York, NY December 10, 2020 Cost information, when paired with information about clinical treatment options, greatly enhances the value of shared decision making, reported a FAIR Health brief released today. This was among the lessons learned from a FAIR Health initiative presenting patient decision aids for shared decision making in palliative care scenarios, as described in the brief Cost Information Enhances Shared Decision Making: Lessons from FAIR Health s Shared Decision-Making Initiative.
Shared decision making means the discussion between patients/caregivers and healthcare providers regarding various treatment options, guided by evidence-based strategies and patient decision aids. Shared decision making shows promise for reducing unnecessary healthcare spending and costs, and for improving decision making without adverse effects on clinical outcomes. But in the past, the utility of shared decision-making tools, or decision aids, has been limited by the absence o