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Decision Support Toolkit for Primary Care

• Step 1: Leadership
  Identify clinical and administrative champion(s).

• Step 2: Goals and Scope of Project
  Identify whether the project will be quality improvement, clinical implementation, research, or a combination.

• Step 3: Assessment
  Assess patients' and practitioners' information and decision making needs.

• Step 4: Decision Support Tools
  Review patient decision support tools to find those relevant to the identified needs.

• Step 5: Education and Training
  Provide opportunities for practitioners to enhance their decision support skills.

• Step 6: Implementation
  Implement decision support using strategies customized to the clinical setting.

• Step 7: Quality Monitoring Tools
  Assess and document the quality of decision support and patient decision making.