Implications for Future Practice
DISEASE, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE
Looking ahead, it is important to highlight the specific contexts and dissemination potentials of the 2 programs given their unique characteristics. First, Healing Choices’ prime objective is patient education. This is achieved by providing comprehensive disease and treatment-related information in a centralized location, in the form of written content as well as physician and survivor videos. Healing Choices is best used after a positive prostate biopsy result and a diagnosis of prostate cancer. In contrast, Healium’s advantage is its focus on patient preference elicitation and as a communication tool for the SDM process. It is most useful for the patient to complete Healium prior to the consultation with the physician. The brief completion time of Healium makes a future integration in the clinical practice feasible and graphical nature of the preference elicitation results serves as a convenient tool for starting the SDM process.