Electronic patient self-assessment and management (SAM): a novel framework for cancer survivorship.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We propose a novel framework for management of cancer survivorship: electronic patient Self-Assessment and Management (SAM). SAM is a framework for transfer of information to and from patients in such a way as to increase both the patient's and the health care provider's understanding of the patient's progress, and to help ensure that patient care follows best practice.

Methods

Patients who participate in the SAM system are contacted by email at regular intervals and asked to complete validated questionnaires online. Patient responses on these questionnaires are then analyzed in order to provide patients with real-time, online information about their progress and to provide them with tailored and standardized medical advice. Patient-level data from the questionnai

SUBMITTER: Vickers AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2893444 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature