Guest Editors:
Gaetano Gallo: La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Rosanne Janssens: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making welcomed articles that offer insights into patient preferences and participation, shared decision-making tools and methods, and patient-reported outcomes measures. Articles comprise methodological learnings and proposed ways for systematically integrating preference studies in medical research and practice, complementing existing methods and fostering targeted multi-stakeholder discussions and internationally accepted recommendations and guidelines.