Peer Responses to The Role of Patient Preferences and Social Determinants in Shaping Effective Treatment Plans

Peer Responses to The Role of Patient Preferences and Social Determinants in Shaping Effective Treatment Plans

Responding to Sandra Frimpomaa

Hello Sandra,

Great work with your post. Your post is insightful. It is indeed important that patients’ values and preferences be incorporated into their care processes. As Zeng et al. (2023) report, including patients in their care processes underlines patient-centered care. It includes incorporating their preferences, values, and choices into the therapeutic care plan designed for them. The scenario you highlighted demonstrates the significance of integrating patient’s values into their therapeutic plan. It is more likely that the patient lost trust in the ability of the caregivers within the institution to provide the best care for her. Per the social determinants of health provisions on access to healthcare, healthcare providers preserve the mandate to provide high-quality and safe care (Hughes et al., 2023). By not assessing the patient comprehensively and understanding the root cause of her complaints, the caregivers contravened these provisions. It is good that you learned considerably from the case. Lessons will inform your decision-making when dealing with diverse patients.

References

Hughes, T., Anderson, A. E., Habib, A. A., Perez, K., Bergin, C., Suchotliff, S., Zvosec, C., McDaniel, D., Sato, M., Whangbo, A., & Phillips, G. (2023). Impact of social determinants of health on individuals living with generalized myasthenia gravis and implications for patient support programs. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1147489

Zeng, L., Helsingen, L. M., Bretthauer, M., Agoritsas, T., Vandvik, P. O., Mustafa, R. A., Busse, J., Siemieniuk, R. A. C., Lytvyn, L., Li, S.-A., Yang, M., Yan, L., Zhang, L., Brignardello-Petersen, R., & Guyatt, G. H. (2023). A novel framework for incorporating patient values and preferences in making guideline recommendations: Guideline Panel Surveys. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 161, 164–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.07.003

Responding to Francis Wreh

Hello Francis,

This is a great post. Indeed, patient-centered care is a best practice in modern medicine (Kuipers et al., 2019). It helps improve clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and overall wellness. The case scenario you highlighted is a demonstration of a patient-centered approach in healthcare. As evident in the case, the patient and the patient’s family were incorporated into the care process, and their values and preferences were integrated into the therapeutic plan. With treatment and education at the point of care, the patient was able to return to his normal life. Your provisions on the social determinants of health give an insight into factors that interplay in individual and community wellness. As Chelak and Chakole (2023) report, the social determinants of health have a profound impact on community wellness. In the pursuit of optimal community wellness, ensuring access to high-quality healthcare provides a better guarantee of health and well-being. The asthma decision aid kit can be indeed helpful to your practice. Its provisions are informative and point to the need to manage patients with such conditions comprehensively.

References

Chelak, K., & Chakole, S. (2023). The role of social determinants of health in promoting health equality: A narrative review. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33425

Kuipers, S. J., Cramm, J. M., & Nieboer, A. P. (2019). The importance of patient-centered care and co-creation of care for satisfaction with care and physical and social well-being of patients with multi-morbidity in the primary care setting. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3818-y

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Post a brief description of the situation you experienced and explain how incorporating or not incorporating patient preferences, social determinants of health links to an external site., and values impacted the outcome of their treatment plan. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how including patient preferences, social determinants of health, and values might impact the trajectory of the situation and how these were reflected in the treatment plan. Finally, explain the value of the patient decision aid you selected and how it might contribute to effective decision-making, both in general and in the experience you described. Describe how you might use this decision-aid inventory in your professional practice or personal life.

Peer Responses to The Role of Patient Preferences and Social Determinants in Shaping Effective Treatment Plans

(Please Note: The underlined “social determinants of health” in the above content is meant to hotlink to the following Walden webpage and content:

Social Determinants of Health – Social Determinants of Health – Academic Guides at Walden Links to an external site.University)

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days and offer alternative views on the impact of patient preferences on treatment plans or outcomes, or the potential impact of patient decision aids on situations like the one shared.