The Foundation supports the development of strategies to provide individuals with access to accurate, unbiased information that places patients at the center of medical decision making. Decision support tools are becoming more and more common in health care, but it is often difficult to assess the quality of the information available. In this complex medical environment, where cost savings, commercial interests or professional beliefs and commitments are likely to drive medical decisions, the Foundation works to provide information that is as objective, complete and balanced.

The Foundation acknowledges the right and responsibility of patients to be fully informed and to play the lead role in decisions that affect their health.


“My doctors have always had lots of great advice about what to do for my different medical problems. But I’m the one who ultimately has to live with the result. And I can only do that if I’m thinking about what’s best for me, what’s going to work for me, what I can actually live with, and what I can actually do.”