The recommendations listed in this clinical practice guideline are, whenever possible,
evidence-based. An initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from …

Background Establishing the effectiveness of patient decision aids (PtDA) requires evidence
that PtDAs improve the quality of the decision-making process and the quality of the choice …

… Dr Matlock is supported by a career development award from the National Institutes on Aging
( K23AG040696 ). Dr Matlock is also supported by the University of Colorado Department …

Context Despite increasing interest in advance care planning (ACP) and previous ACP
descriptions, a consensus definition does not yet exist to guide clinical, research, and policy …

Shared decision making for advanced heart failure has become both more challenging and
more crucial as duration of disease and treatment options have increased. High-quality …

Context Little is known about the effects of low health literacy among patients with heart failure,
a condition that requires self-management and frequent interactions with the health care …

Objective. There is inadequate evidence of long-term benefit and growing evidence of the
risks of chronic opioid therapy (COT). Opioid dose reduction, or opioid tapering, may reduce …

… Matlock served in a supporting role for writing—review and editing.Correspondence
concerning this article should be addressed to Laura D. Scherer, School of Medicine, University of …

Background: Major gaps exist in the routine initiation and dose up-titration of guideline-directed
medical therapies (GDMT) for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. …

… This article was developed at the time Dr Matlock was a Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes
Scholar; this article was developed at the time Dr Allen was supported by the American …