"Informing Health Care Decision-Making with Evidence"

The Society for Medical Decision Making will hold its inaugural SMDM-Asia (SMDM-A) conference January 6 – 8, 2014 in Singapore. The meeting, Informing Health Care Decision-Making with Evidence, will join the annual SMDM meeting held in North America and the biennial SMDM-Europe conference as venues to promote medical decision making principles and skills internationally, to delve deeply into region-specific priority areas, and to build both a regional and international network of colleagues working in this area.

The inaugural SMDM-Asia conference in 2014 represents the first step in a long-term strategic commitment on the part of SMDM to build stronger connections with the medical and health policy and decision making, research, and education communities located in the Asian region. The inaugural SMDM-Asia conference is planned to kick-off biennial meetings to be held on a rotating basis in countries around the region. The inaugural conference will also serve as a launch pad for ongoing regional coordinating activities.