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. 2023 Jun 5;9(2):e12401. doi: 10.1002/trc2.12401

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

AD patient journey of the future. The patient journey starts with a citizen having concerns about their brain health at home, being referred to a general practitioner and subsequently to a memory clinic. Recommendations for patient management including (preventive) treatment, care, and monitoring are provided. Throughout the diagnostic trajectory, improving awareness about stimulating brain health, providing an environment and tools fostering patient‐orchestrated care, and information on participation in research are essential. ABOARD tasks with specific relevance to the patient journey are depicted in the figure: stimulating citizens at risk to engage in a healthy lifestyle (task 3.1, 3.2, 3.3), developing individual risk profiles (task 2.5, 2.6), developing diagnostic tests of the future in terms of digital biomarkers (task 1.1), blood‐based biomarkers (task 1.2), genetics and patient stratification (task 1.3, 1.4), stimulating patient‐orchestrated care by addressing ethical dilemmas (task 4.1), identifying perspectives and developing e‐tools to support diagnosis, prediction and prevention (task 4.2; 4.3), while fostering inclusive health care accessible for all (task 4.4). Finally, we provide the possibility to participate in research by developing recruitment strategies (3.4) and inviting all to participate in the ABOARD Cohort (2.1) as a means to empower citizens at risk. AD, Alzheimer's disease; ABOARD, A Personalized Medicine Approach for Alzheimer's Disease.