The increasing value of eHealth in the delivery of patient-centred cancer care.

ABSTRACT: The increasing use of eHealth has ushered in a new era of patient-centred cancer care that moves beyond the traditional in-person care model to real-time, dynamic, and technology-assisted assessments and interventions. eHealth has the potential to better the delivery of cancer care through improved patient-provider communication, enhanced symptom and toxicity assessment and management, and optimised patient engagement across the cancer care continuum. In this Review, we provide a brief, narrative appraisal of the peer reviewed literature over the past 10 years related to the uses of patient-centred eHealth to improve cancer care delivery. These uses include the addressal of symptom management, health-related quality of life, and other patient-reported outcomes across cancer care. In additi

SUBMITTER: Penedo FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643123 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature