What should be on a PODS and how should it look - Part 1

Over the next week, I will be posting daily thoughts on different items that we think should be on a PODS and some options for how to include them. 

We would love your input!

Here is the first one - 

What to expect the first week home and beyond - patients want to know how they can expect to feel.A lot of patients are surprised at how long it takes them to fell somewhat normal again and they want to know what is normal. If it is normal for them to feel like garbage for 2 weeks, that is fine. They just want to know.

At our design event, the groups came up with various ways to include this in a PODS.

-         -  On a calendar with maybe an icon to show how you an expect to feel or a note of when you may begin to feel less tired, etc

-          - On a timeline (with pictures?) of how you can expect to feel at discharge, at one week, and at 2 weeks

-          - A picture and description of what success looks like and when it is expected to happen

-          - A list of how do the patient feels now (at discharge) with arrows corresponding  to how the symptom may change into a danger signal (e.g. now have less energy à go to H if can’t get out of bed)

-       -   A list of normal symptoms with icons