Published on in Vol 7 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/44144, first published .
A Patient-Centered Website (Within Reach) to Foster Informed Decision-making About Upper Extremity Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: Development and Usability Study

A Patient-Centered Website (Within Reach) to Foster Informed Decision-making About Upper Extremity Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: Development and Usability Study

A Patient-Centered Website (Within Reach) to Foster Informed Decision-making About Upper Extremity Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: Development and Usability Study

Karen B Vanterpool   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Jessica Gacki-Smith   2 , MPH ;   Brianna Kuramitsu   2 , MSW ;   Max Downey   1 , BS ;   Michelle J Nordstrom   3 , OTR/L, MS ;   Michelle Luken   3, 4 , DSc, OTR/L ;   Tiffany Riggleman   3, 4 , COTA/L, AAS ;   Shannon Fichter   3, 4 , MS ;   Withney Altema   3, 4 , MHS ;   James B Brucker   5 , MS ;   Carisa M Cooney   6 , MPH ;   Gregory Dumanian   5 , MD ;   Sally Jensen   5 , PhD ;   Macey Levan   1 , JD, PhD ;   Scott M Tintle   7 , MD ;   Gerald Brandacher   6 , MD ;   Elisa J Gordon   8, 9 , MPH, PhD

1 Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research (C-STAR), NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine Department of Surgery, New York, NY, United States

2 Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

3 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Center for Rehabilitation Sciences Research, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States

4 Henry M Jackson Foundation, Bethesda, MD, United States

5 Department of Medical Social Sciences and Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

6 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

7 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States

8 Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States

9 Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Elisa J Gordon, MPH, PhD
  • Department of Surgery
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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  • Nashville, TN, 37232-2730
  • United States
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  • Email: elisa.gordon@vumc.org