Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit - Victor M. Montori

Research As Practice

Testing ways to improve patient interactions in a practice setting.

Engaging patients in medical decisions

Dr. Montori tells how patients were 20 times more likely to be able to verbalize their risk for a heart attack and how that risk would be reduced by medication, as opposed to a control group that didn't have the discussion based on the flash cards.

See Dr. Montori's interview with Australia's ABC Radio National on Mayo Clinic's News Blog.