Patient Osteoarthritis Careplan to Inform Optimal treatment

In summary, improving patient information to assure optimal decisions regarding knee and hip OA treatment, including the use of total joint replacement surgery is a critical public health issue. Patient-­‐reported, symptom-­‐guided OA Careplans will prepare patients to actively engage in treatment decisions with their clinicians to best determine if non-­‐operative care or TJR meets their goals. We propose to create the OA Careplan, a web-­‐based system to support assessment of knee and hip OA pain and function to provide real-­‐time, trended patient-­‐reported OA severity and evidence-­‐based treatment options with individual estimates of likely TJR benefits and risks.