EDITORIAL article
Front. Digit. Health
Sec. Human Factors and Digital Health
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1574102
This article is part of the Research TopicDigital Health Technologies for Shared Decision MakingView all 10 articles
Editorial for Research Topic "Digital Health Technologies for Shared Decision Making"
Provisionally accepted
- 1Dept. of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2Comprehensive Health Research Center, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- 3Institute for Design Research, Department of Design, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
- 4Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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to improve patient engagement. Based on the use case of cardiac rehabilitation, the authors examine barriers and facilitators to patient engagement across the stages of healthcare from awareness to SDM. They present the implications of their findings for the design and implementation of DTHs. Within the healthcare journey, complex treatment pathways can present various key moments for SDM at which patient preferences, values and experiences can significantly influence the course of treatment. 4 With a focus on intensive care, Göcking et al. apply patient journey mapping to identify and generate a structured overview of preference-sensitive moments during treatment at which timely engagement of patients can aid preparation, facilitation and reflection about shared decisions. The authors consider the strategic implementation of DTHs at these moments to align patient care with patient needs, values and preferences.One strategy for facilitating alignment between patient care and their needs, values and preferences is the use of Patient Decision Aids (PtDAs). These aids aim to help patients better prepare for and participate in the SDM consultation. 5 While digital capabilities can facilitate this aim, they also present challenges in PtDA design and use. 6
Keywords: Patient decision aids (PtDAs), Shared decision making (sdm), Digital Health (DH), Artificial intelligence (AI), human factors, Values, Preferences, Design
Received: 10 Feb 2025; Accepted: 22 Apr 2025.
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* Correspondence: Marcus Cheetham, Dept. of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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