Leveraging electronic health record systems to create and provide electronic cancer survivorship care plans: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends cancer survivors receive survivorship care plans after completing active cancer treatment. However, care plan creation requires significant time and effort, contributing to diminished adoption of this recommendation. Electronic health record (EHR) systems have been proposed as a solution. We assessed the feasibility of creating and delivering care plans within an EHR system.

Methods

Thirty-eight breast cancer survivors without existing care plans were recruited during a follow-up visit to their primary oncologist. Using an EHR template, an oncologist created an individualized care plan for each participant. Time spent creating each plan was recorded. Participant use and feedback were collected.

Results

Participants en

SUBMITTER: Tevaarwerk AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018457 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature