Implementing a Web-Based Patient Follow-Up Platform into BC Cancer

Increasing cancer diagnoses and advancements in detection and treatment have allowed more patients to survive for longer periods of time. Correspondingly, patients are increasingly reporting side effects that influence quality of life (QOL). This creates demand for more accessible methods of long-term collection of patient reported outcomes (PROs). Due to geographical, time, and financial constraints, post-treatment follow-up may not be convenient or feasible for patients or healthcare providers. This study seeks to evaluate the utility of implementing Equicare’s web-based system. for PRO collection in BC cancer patients with breast cancer. A successfully implemented online system has the potential to improve patient-physician communication and the monitoring of treatment-associated side effects, and will allow Equicare Health Inc. to demonstrate the power of their online platform to a key physician user group at BC Cancer.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sara Taylor

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Partner:

Equicare Health

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia

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