Karen B. Eden, Ph.D. (she/her)
- Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
- Professor of Division of Oncological Sciences, School of Medicine
- Associate Director, Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program, School of Medicine
Biography
Karen Beekman Eden, Ph.D, is professor of Medicine in the Division of Informatics, Clinical Epidemiology and Translational Data Science (DICE), OHSU School of Medicine and has a joint appointment in the Knight Cancer Institute, Division of Oncological Sciences. She is a scientist focused on patient and clinician decision making. Dr. Eden has extensive experience in translating comparative effectiveness information into patient-friendly interactive decision aids that inform patients and prepare them for an informed discussion with a clinician. These decision aids span a broad range of clinical topics including breast cancer screening, lung cancer treatment, childbirth decision making after cesarean and domestic violence safety planning. She and her team have recently created an integration between Epic and a breast cancer risk and decision tool called MammoScreen. They are now using electronic health record data to gauge the impact of MammoScreen on care.
Education and training
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Degrees
- Ph.D., 1997, Portland State University
Areas of interest
- Decision aids focused on cancer prevention and treatment
- Evaluation of decision support tools for patients and clinicians
Additional information
Honors and awards
- OHSU Faculty Senate Service Award, 2017
- Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award, All Hill Student Council, 2020
Publications
Selected publications
- Eden KB, Totten AM, Kassakian SZ, Gorman PN, McDonagh MS, Devine B, Pappas M, Daeges M, Woods S, Hersh WR. Barriers and facilitators to exchanging health information: a systematic review of usability. Int J Med Inf, 88:44-51, April 2016.
- Eden KB, Orleans CT, Mulrow CD, Pender NJ, Teutsch SM. Does counseling by clinicians improve physical activity? A summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2002;137:208-215.
- Eden KB, McDonagh M. Denman MA, Marshall N, Emeis C, Fu R, Janik R, Walker M, Guise JM, New insights on vaginal birth after cesarean: can it be predicted? Obstetrics & Gynecology 2010;116(4):967-981.
- Eden KB, Perrin NA, Hanson G, Messing JT, Bloom T, Campbell J, Gielen A, Clough A, Barnes-Hoyt J, Glass N. Use of online safety decision aid: immediate effect on decisional conflict about safety. Am J Prev Med , 2015, [Epub head of print] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2014.09.027.
- Eden KB, Scariati P, Klein K, Watson L, Remiker M, Hribar M, Forro V, Michaels L, Nelson HD. Mammography Decision Aid Reduces Decisional Conflict for Women in Their Forties Considering Screening. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26360918.
- Eden KB, Perrin NA, Vesco KK, Guise JM. A Randomized Comparative Trial of Two Decision Support Tools for Pregnant Women with a Prior Cesarean. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 43, 568-579; 2014; [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1111/1552-6909.12485.
- Stacey D, Légaré F, Lewis K, Barry MJ, Bennett CL, Eden KB, Holmes-Rovner M, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Lyddiatt A, Thomson R, Trevena L. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD001431. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431.pub5.
- Totten AM, Womack DM, Eden KB, McDonagh MS, Griffin JC, Grusing S, Hersh WR. Telehealth: Mapping the Evidence for Patient Outcomes From Systematic Reviews [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2016 Jun. Available From http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK379320/PubMed PMID: 27536752. ww.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
- Ivlev I, Hickman EN, McDonagh MS, Eden KB. Use of patient decision aids increased younger women's reluctance to begin screening mammography: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Mar 13. doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4027-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28289963.
- Sullivan DR, Dieckmann NF, Franklin H, Matlock DD, Coleman CA, Saha S, Golden SE, Disher NG, Slatore CG, Vranas KC, Hayes S, Lee P, Mudambi L, Eden KB. Improving decision-making encounters in lung cancer (iDECIDE): feasibility and acceptability of a low-literacy conversation tool. Chest. 2025 3(3):100144.
- Eden KB, Ivlev I, Bensching KL, Franta G, Hersh AR, Case J, Fu R, Nelson HD. Use of an online breast cancer risk assessment and patient decision aid in primary care practices. J Women’s Health (Larchmt). 2020 Mar 10; DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2019.8143.