Health apps in breast cancer and breast reconstruction care have proven to be valuable tools for patients. These are apps I want to share with our readers. I recommend exploring the links provided and choose the health app that suits your needs. You may find one or all of them have various functions to optimize your decision making and personalized care in your cancer and surgery consults and care.
Health literacy in cancer care is a term and process I use to describe the education of the patient when newly diagnosed. Patients are increasingly being asked to be part of their health care decisions. There is a great deal of information on the internet. Gaining access to information, understanding information, and using the information to promote and maintain health are components of health literacy and can be enhanced with the use of health care apps. Each of these health care apps provide evidence-based information and connection to community to improve your cancer treatment, surgical options, access to clinical trials, and organizational tools.
Breast Advocate App – Co-created by leading specialists and patient advocates, Breast Advocate® is a free breast cancer surgery app available for iPhone and Android that provides ALL your surgical options along with evidence-based recommendations, personalized for you. It is the first shared decision-making app for breast cancer surgery and breast reconstruction.
Jasper provides personalized cancer care guidance and a smart planner that makes it easy to keep track of your day to day care while providing guidance and recommendations that are personalized to your diagnosis and treatment. Speak to a Care Coach, manage your appointments, track your medications, and record your symptoms and mood, all in one place with Jasper. Jasper is free and available in the App Store and Google Play and at hellojasper.com.
OWise is your own personal cancer support app to help you regain control of your life from the first day of a breast cancer diagnosis. OWise supports you with safe and reliable medical information while giving you valuable insights about your day-to-day wellbeing that you can immediately share with your medical team helping them make informed decisions about on-going treatment. OWise is clinically-validated and free to download. There is a version for our UK readers as well.
myRabble (a free platform available on Apple, Google Play, and myrabble.com) helps those facing cancer and their loved ones navigate their personal journey with greater clarity, connection, and choice. Faced with disorder and so many obstacles, it is normal to feel paralyzed. myRabble accompanies patients and their loved ones on a daily basis and guides them to take greater control over the decisions and actions impacting their care.
NCCN Guidelines for patients provide expert cancer treatment information. The NCCN app includes treatment options, questions to ask doctors, patient-friendly illustrations on more than 40 cancer types, plus supportive care and cancer screening.
