Better Conversations for Better Informed Consent: Talking with Surgical Patients
June 6, 2024

May 2024 – In Grand Rounds 47, Drs. Epstein-Lubow and Lees-Haggerty, along with Tonya Saffer, Director of the Division of Healthcare Payment Models with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), share the GUIDE Model. GUIDE is a CMS payment model that tests whether dementia care programs can improve quality of life for people living with dementia and their caregivers.

Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD
Team Lead, Engaging Partners Team
Distinguished Medical Scholar, EDC
Associate Professor, Brown University

Kristin Lees-Haggerty, PhD
Project Director
Natl. Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment
Education Development Center

Tonya Saffer, MPH
Director
Division of Healthcare Payment Models
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

May 17, 2024
Authors: Katie Newkirk, PhD and Joan Monin, PhD
Description: This document provides guidance on what dyadic data is, how it is different from proxy data, and what information can be gained by collecting and analyzing dyadic data compared to proxy data when conducting embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) that include people living with dementia and care partners. Topic covered: