The Empowered Patient Coalition provides resources enabling patients to take control of their medical treatments.

The Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making is a non-profit organization leading changes to ensure that health care decisions are made with the active participation of fully informed patients. We are dedicated to advancing research, policy, and clinical models that ensure that patients understand their choices and have the information they need to make sound decisions about their health and well-being. Our mission is to inform and amplify the patient’s voice in health care decisions.

Our efforts focus on:

∙ Developing high quality decision aids
∙ Funding research to advance learning
∙ Supporting model demonstration sites
∙ Advancing our vision through outreach and advocacy

At the Foundation, we consider the opportunity to engage in the process of shared decision-making to be a basic right of every patient. By funding research projects and demonstration sites, we foster greater understanding of the many benefits of shared decision-making and help providers learn how to best use shared decision-making in their day-to-day practice.

Visit the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making Website