ChoiceApp

Shared decision-making about your health

Shared decision-making is about you and your healthcare team working together to make treatment decisions.

Successful shared decision-making considers your values, your preferences, and your circumstances when deciding the best treatment pathway.

It makes the process about you.

How can ChoiceApp help?

ChoiceApp is designed to provide a personalised, online platform for shared decision-making between you and your healthcare team throughout your treatment pathway. It can:

  • Help you determine what factors are most important to you when deciding between treatment options

  • Track quality of life

  • Provide real-time feedback directly to your healthcare team

  • Be used on your mobile phone and taken anywhere you go

How is ChoiceApp used?

ChoiceApp contains short online surveys that you can complete ahead of your appointments, in your own time. This includes a survey that will ask you a series of questions about your treatment preferences, and a survey that will ask you questions about your quality of life.

Once each survey is complete, ChoiceApp will automatically generate a personalised report that summarises your key treatment preferences or quality of life concerns. You can then email this printable report to yourself, or your family members, and take it along with you to your next appointment.

Results of these surveys can help guide treatment discussions with your healthcare team, taking your preferences and personal experiences into account for any future treatment decisions.

FAQs

  • ChoiceApp is an online app that provides a personalised, easily accessible platform for shared decision-making between patients and their healthcare team throughout their treatment course.

    It is designed to encourage discussions about treatment preferences between patients and their healthcare team so that, together, they can identify a treatment pathway that aligns with individual values and preferences.

  • ChoiceApp allows patients and their healthcare team to work together to identify a treatment management pathway that aligns with individual values and preferences.

    The Treatment Preferences Survey on ChoiceApp can support patients in determining what treatment features are most important to them and what questions they may want to ask during their next consultation so that they can better understand their condition, available treatment options, and why a treatment was selected for them. The Treatment Preferences Survey can be completed at any time, however the information it provides may be most valuable to those who are newly diagnosed or those considering a change in treatment.

    It is important to note that the treatment features included in the survey are hypothetical and ChoiceApp is not designed to select a specific treatment for patients. Rather, the app is designed to guide a shared conversation about treatment goals. ChoiceApp also enables patients to track their quality of life and identify areas where they may need extra support through the Quality of Life Survey.

  • ChoiceApp allows patients and their healthcare professionals to work together to identify a treatment management pathway that aligns with individual values and preferences.

    For healthcare professionals specifically, ChoiceApp provides visibility and greater insight into patients’ values and treatment preferences. The Quality of Life survey in ChoiceApp can also help healthcare professionals identify areas of supportive care that should be focused on in order to improve patients’ quality of life. This information can then help guide discussions with patients during consultations. Click here for more healthcare provider information.

  • For the academic community specifically, ChoiceApp can provide important real-world evidence on clinical interventions and their delivery, providing greater visibility into treatment experiences and patient outcomes. This enables academics to develop a deeper understanding of current interventions and how they can be enhanced to deliver better outcomes for patients.

  • ChoiceApp is managed by Community and Patient Preference Research (CaPPRe).

    CaPPRe is an independent group committed to meaningful and high-quality research and consulting, leading to better engagement and understanding of community and health consumer needs.

  • ChoiceApp is available for free via the Apple Store and Google Play Store for both iPhone and Android devices. Click on Get Started for further information.

    The Shared Decision-Making Program on ChoiceApp is currently available to people living with multiple myeloma. When setting up a profile on ChoiceApp, select “MMSDM” as your codeword to be taken to the myeloma-specific surveys.

  • “This kind of information is really important when you’ve got a serious diagnosis… it shows you what’s important to you, how you’ve assessed different factors and what really matters to you. For me, it was survival.”

    Kath Rutherford, living with Multiple Myeloma

  • "I'm excited about the benefits of resources like ChoiceApp - they change the way we approach talking about medicines and put what matters most to patients right at the heart of our decisions."

    Ann Single, Chair HTAi and Citizens Involvement Group

  • “Most appointments have a limited time frame, so filling in ChoiceApp prior to the appointment not only helps the person and their family feel organised but it helps the doctor to focus on what's most important to that person.”

    Hayley Beer, Interim CEO and Manager of Patient Programs, Myeloma Australia

  • “Everybody has different experiences and preferences on what's important to them and how it impacts their quality of life. ChoiceApp helps bring this to the front of the discussion.”

    Nella Combe, Manager of Nursing and Patient Services, Myeloma Australia

  • "The pharmaceutical industry can play a key role in supporting these shared-decision making discussions through our support of initiatives such as ChoiceApp as they provide support for patients to have open conversations about what is important to them."

    Todd Stephenson, Director of Patient Engagement Experience, Janssen Australia and New Zealand

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