Functional requirements |
 • PtDA provides health information on inflammatory arthritis and DMARDs. |
 • PtDA provides health professionals insight into patients’ preferences, worries and questions about DMARDs. |
Requirements for content, design and distribution |
 • The provided information is based on the highest level of evidence available. |
 • The PtDA is an extension of existing information patients receive (added value). |
 • The PtDA meets the criteria set by laws regulating patient education and informed consent. |
 • Referral to the PtDA is accompanied by a clear personal recommendation for appropriate options .for medication in writing |
  … preferably digitala |
 • Information about DMARDs other than those personally recommended by the rheumatologist to the patient is freely available. |
 • The PtDA provides patients the opportunity to share their preferences, worries and questions about DMARDs with their health professionals. |
  … by digitally sending these insights to the health professional before the consultation.a |
 • The PtDA easily integrates with the existing daily work process/patient pathway. |
 • The PtDA is not time-consuming for health professionals. |
 • The PtDA is easily adjustable for newly developed DMARDs. |