Clinical

Experiences and outcomes of lung cancer patients using electronic assessments

The NHS Lanarkshire Lung Cancer Project is part of the Transforming Care after Treatment programme, a partnership between the Scottish Government, Macmillan Cancer Support, NHS Scotland and local authorities, to support a redesign of care following active treatment for cancer. More people are living with lung cancer, but it continues to have a poor prognosis, therefore follow-up care is vital and all patient needs, not just medical, must be addressed appropriately. This article outlines a two-year project that aims to influence changes in follow up for patients with lung cancer, through the testing of digital health technology. The article reports the interim results of the project, which suggest that using electronic patient reported outcome measures, combined with telephone consultations, are acceptable methods of identifying and supporting patients' needs.

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