IBD Primary Care Toolkit

Care coordination and implementation into practice

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Shared decision-making

Incorporating shared decision-making into the care of patients with IBD

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Empowering patients

Empowering patients

  • Invite patients to participate in decision-making by asking about the patient’s goals and concerns
Clinical tools: Shared decision-making resources

Clinical tools: Shared decision-making resources

Clinical tools: IBD Patient Decision Aid

Clinical tools: IBD Patient Decision Aid

  • A resource designed to facilitate treatment discussions between clinicians and patients. This decision aid is for people living with moderate to severe IBD that might be starting an advanced therapy (ie, biologics or targeted synthetic small molecules) or considering a switch to a new advanced therapy
    • For clinicians
    • For patients
IBD Primary Care Toolkit

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