Ietje Perfors

63 Nature of the intervention and comparison groups UC and intervention vs UC (discharge summary) Shared Care programme + PHR Initiative GP contact: Patient PHR content: - Chemo schedule, appointments and medication information. - Communication pages for specialist and GP. Patients received: - A PHR - Instruction to visit their GP routinely after every course of CT (patient initiative). GPs received: - Educational resources about adverse treatment effects and apt solutions. - Encouragement to use the communication page in PHR. A project coordinator (a trial nurse) was appointed to facilitate communication between patient, GP, specialist and researchers. UC and intervention vs UC Patients received information cards Initiative GP contact: Patient Information card content: - Rationale for patient specific treatment; Prognostic indicators, complications, side effects and referral indicators Patients received: - Informational cards to provide rapid access to treatment-specific information for members of the primary healthcare team - Encouragement to contact their primary healthcare team and show the Information cards 3