Integration of patient-reported outcomes into survivorship care.

Abstract

271 Background: Patient reported outcomes (PRO) can be valuable clinical tools to embed the voice of patients into the clinical experience. The use of PROs in the context of cancer survivorship is relatively under-explored. Methods: Disease-specific modules of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) PRO were integrated into the electronic health record (EHR), and distributed 3-7 days prior to survivorship clinic visits through the patients’ EHR portal. Patients with virtual visits were called 24 hours prior, instructed how to video link, and how to complete the MDASI PRO. For patients who completed the PRO electronically, results were reviewed during clinic visit. High symptom alerts (> = 7) for four key symptoms were established and triggered an automatic message to care teams for review. Results: From Sept 1, 2020 – August 31, 2021, 2,196 PRO surveys were sent to patients with 1,268 submitting results (57.74%) (see Table). Within specific clinics, the submission rates varied greatly between in-person and virtual appointments (33% vs. 83%). Submission rates varied by clinics, with responses ranging from 28.57% - 73.59%. Clinics with higher overall rates had a higher proportion of virtual visits. Conclusions: Electronic distribution of PROs can be successfully integrated into long term survivorship clinic visits. Virtual visits had overall much higher PRO response rates, due to pre-visit workflows which encouraged the completion of PROs. We conclude that patient education and real time support is needed to facilitate patients’ completion of PRO surveys through the electronic portal.[Table: see text]