Tonic Transplant Education

We built a peer-to-peer and expert-to-family educational app co-designed with patients and families that leverages pharmacist and subspecialist expertise for solid organ transplant patients and their families. The app helps support families’ understanding of necessary medications and care after transplantation. During the inpatient stay for a liver transplant, all patient & family/caregivers must complete transplant medication education as a prerequisite for discharge. Pharmacists deliver approximately 16 hours of oral education bedside. Without a fully documented curriculum, there is variability in what the pharmacists deliver orally and it’s unknown how well the patient & family comprehend the material. Patient discharge may be delayed because of the didactic nature of training with Pharmacists. Digital Health partnered with Transplant and Transplant Pharmacy teams to digitize post-op medication curriculum for liver and renal patients using Tonic for Health. The practice of using the iPad curriculum for teaching has also been integrated into both the Pharmacists’ workflow and CIS via a Pharmacy Note.

Pilot Goals

• Improve standardization of post-transplant medication education.
• Decrease bedside teaching time for Pharmacists.
• Improve patient and family confidence in medication administration.