Telephone-based daily tracking system for managing patient symptoms resulting from chemotherapy that enables self-reporting of the status of at-home patients in real time.

SymptomCare uses patient reported outcomes to monitor patient symptoms resulting from chemotherapy at home. Users can report the presence and severity of symptoms using push button telephones. The system presents patients with a series of questions designed to determine patient condition and family wellbeing. Based on patient reported symptoms, the system generates suggestions in real time to help alleviate patient pain and discomfort. It automatically sends a warning alert to the care team when symptom severity reaches a predetermined threshold, which prompts the team to make direct contact with the patient. This enables care providers to improve the patient experience and outcomes by tracking patient symptoms outside of the clinic or hospital and responding with care suggestions. By providing updates on patient symptoms in real time, the system also functions as a case management portal for clinicians.

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• Enables automated record keeping for patient symptoms.
• Increases patient access to healthcare services.
• Reduces hospital costs by facilitating patient monitoring and decreasing unnecessary visits.
• Improves patient quality of life.
• Alerts care team to severe symptoms.

Mooney, K.H., et al. (2017). Automated home monitoring and management of patient-reported symptoms during chemotherapy: results of the symptom care at home RCT. Cancer Medicine. 6(3):537-546. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1002

Mooney, K.H., et al. (2002). Telephone-linked care for cancer symptom monitoring: a pilot study. Cancer Practice. 10(3):147-154. doi: 10.1046/j.1523- 5394.2002.103006.x

Jonathan Tyler
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