Implementing ePROM in specialist palliative home care: the professionals' perspective - a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decades, patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) have been developed for a better understanding of patient needs. The Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale (IPOS) is an internationally recommended PROM in palliative care. The validated electronic version of IPOS (eIPOS) was implemented in four German specialist palliative home care (SPHC) teams for use in everyday clinical practice. Patients reported symptoms and concerns via eIPOS, which were transmitted directly to the electronic patient record of the respective SPHC team.

Objectives

The aim of the study was to describe and explore the health care professionals' (HCPs') experiences regarding acceptance and use of eIPOS in clinical practice in SPHC.

Design

The mixed-methods sequential exp

SUBMITTER: Burner-Fritsch I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10408331 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature