Sickle cell disease changes how you breathe, hydrate, react to fever, and partner with your care team. Becoming a Certified Prepared Patient means you can do those things skillfully, on your own, with confidence — and your care team can trust it.
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A one-page overview of sickle cell disease — what it is, what triggers a crisis, and the four daily things that protect you. Start here so the rest of the pathway lands in context.
A short readiness assessment — what do you know, where are you confident, where do you want to focus. Your answers personalize the rest of the journey.
The full SCD course — your body, your medications, your action plan, the closed-loop vascular cluster (SCD · HTN · OSA · T2D and the two outcome arcs), and how to bring all of it into your visits. This is the heart of the pathway.
Your personal SCD action plan, your symptom log, your hydration tracker, your fever-rule wallet card, your med list, and the message templates you'll use to contact your care team. Bring this kit to every visit.
Knowledge becomes competency through observed practice. The Skills Lab is where you demonstrate the thermometer, the pulse oximeter, the inhaler (if needed), the patient portal, hydroxyurea adherence, and the SCD action plan readback — to a credentialed Prepared Patient Educator & Certifier (PPEC).
A short exam covering the Course, the action plan, and the critical safety rules. Once you pass, you are eligible for the Certified Prepared Patient — SCD credential.
A gamified family + community activation card. Each square is a small advocacy action — talking with one family member about your action plan, getting a flu shot, scheduling your next visit, sharing a resource. Earn the full card and you become an SCD Ambassador in your community.
The Provider Hub is the clinician version of everything you just learned, in their tone and on their terms. Share it with your hematologist, your primary care team, and your ER — so when you walk in prepared, they know what 'prepared' means here.
Once steps 1 through 7 are complete, your credential is issued — a verifiable digital badge with your name, the condition (Sickle Cell Disease), the date, and the issuing institution (The Force for Health® Network). It can be reported to your health system EHR via FHIR, and shared with insurance, employers, schools, and your family.
Your credential preview. Once every step above is complete, this becomes a verifiable digital badge — issued by The Force for Health® Network and reportable to your health system through FHIR.