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Editorial: The Challenge of Electronically Captured Patient-Reported Outcomes

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Barry Fortner, PhD

As illustrated by Matthew et al¹ in this issue of the Journal of Oncology Practice, it is exciting to witness the expanding array of electronic tools and platforms employed to capture patient-reported outcomes data. Although "patient report" is a mainstay of the clinical process, one of the primary factors limiting the routine, clinical use of tools for collecting, standardizing, and facilitating patient reported information is assumed to be the practical limits of paper and pencil methods for capturing this type of data.

This and other recent work demonstrates the viability of collecting patient-reported outcomes through electronic methods, . . . [Click for More]