BCG Treatment vs CarePath

This application provides patients a simplified, trusted resource for self-education. BCG (i.e., Bacillus Calmette-Gue´rin) is the recommended course of treatment for intermediate and high-risk bladder cancer patients, however, this treatment is associated with high toxicity, and compliance with treatment and follow-up recommendations may vary depending on several patient-specific factors. Patient education on the subject may prevent toxicity and adverse events. Composed, educated patients are better able to participate in erudite negotiations about their healthcare. Self-education tools provide the key to empowering patients with the information that will help them reduce psychological distress and emotional burden, in addition to avoiding health complications resulting from non-compliance with treatment recommendations or misinformation regarding side effects of treatment. This will be extremely useful for patients with chronic disease types with treatments where risk of incidental non-compliance or side-effects from treatment run high. Access to simplified, highly visual healthcare provider and patient-approved education materials from mobile devices provides opportunities for self-education between clinical consultations. This application was designed and tested by a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, researchers, patient advocates, medical illustrators, human factors engineers, patient education experts, software engineers, and patients. It has been honed from the latest medical information and approved by experts in the field. It has been simplified to a highly-visual, interactive tool, at a sixth-grade reading level.

CarePath App has been designed for obesity surgery patients. The application automates and monitors patients' preparation for surgery and recovery procedures as well as provides timely information throughout the patient journey. CarePath provides you with all the information about the surgery and treatment via an efficient, user-friendly and interactive timeline. You will receive reminders about important tasks before and after the surgery, opportunity to fill documents, navigation to hospital on the day of surgery and post-operative instructions, just to name a few. The objective of the application is to allow you to focus on caring for yourself as a patient or caring for the patient as a caretaker. You will easily receive all important information and support material in the application. Thank you and enjoy!