Patient Reported Outcomes and Survivorship
BCSORP lab highly values patients' perspectives on breast cancer treatment, diagnosis, and recovery. Our goal is to develop treatment approaches that consider patient preferences and are informed by patient-reported outcomes.
Journal: Clinical Anesthesia
This pilot study initially supports using an electronic decision aid on a smartphone application to educate patients with a breast cancer diagnosis undergoing breast-conserving surgery with monitored anesthesia care. The electronic platform can provide more patients with
Journal: Support Care Cancer
Cancer care team attitudes towards distress screening are key to its success and sustainability. Previous qualitative research has interviewed staff mostly around the startup phase. We evaluate oncology teams' perspectives on psychosocial distress screening, including perceived strengths and challenges, in settings where it has been operational for years.
Journal: American College of Medical Quality
Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) will be used to improve health care delivery, optimize clinical outcomes, monitor treatment progress, and individualize care. The collection of PROs is felt to be a valuable "next-generation" quality measure and may soon become part of the Medicare Meaningful Use Program, thus tying reimbursement to these data. These concepts also are gaining the support of professional medical societies, as well as the National Institutes of Health, as an important quality initiative.
Journal: JCO Oncology Practice
The Commission on Cancer seeks to promote robust survivorship programs among accredited cancer programs. In practice, cancer programs' survivorship programs range from cursory (eg, developing care plans without robust services) to robust (eg, facilitating follow-up care). To inform cancer programs' future efforts, in this study, we identified the implementation strategies that cancer programs used to achieve robust survivorship programs, distinguishing them from cursory programs.