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Epic XGM 2023: "eSyM Implementation Strategies, Program Reach, and Early Results"

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Manuscripts

"Implementation of patient-reported outcomes for symptom management in oncology practice through the SIMPRO research consortium: a protocol for a pragmatic type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation multi-center cluster-randomized stepped wedge trial"

Citation:

Hassett, M. J., Wong, S., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Bian, J., Dizon, D. S., Jenkins, H. H., Uno, H., Cronin, C., Schrag, D., & SIMPRO Co-Investigators (2022). Implementation of patient-reported outcomes for symptom management in oncology practice through the SIMPRO research consortium: a protocol for a pragmatic type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation multi-center cluster-randomized stepped wedge trial. Trials, 23(1), 506. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06435-1

"Translation of patient-reported outcomes in oncology clinical trials to everyday practice"

Citation:

Ivatury SJ, Hazard-Jenkins HW, Brooks GA, McCleary NJ, Wong SL, Schrag D. Translation of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Oncology Clinical Trials to Everyday Practice. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jan;27(1):65-72. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07749-2. Epub 2019 Aug 26.

"Patient-reported outcomes in surgical oncology: An overview of instruments and scores"

Citation:

Phillips JD, Wong SL. Patient-reported outcomes in surgical oncology: An overview of instruments and scores. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Jan;27(1):45-53. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07752-7. Epub 2019 Aug 28.

"eSyM: An Electronic Health Record–Integrated Patient-Reported Outcomes–Based Cancer Symptom Management Program Used by Six Diverse Health Systems"

Citation:

Hassett MJ, Cronin C, Tsou TC, Wedge J, Bian J, Dizon DS, Hazard-Jenkins H, Osarogiagbon RU, Wong S, Basch E, Austin T, McCleary N, Schrag D. eSyM: An Electronic Health Record-Integrated Patient-Reported Outcomes-Based Cancer Symptom Management Program Used by Six Diverse Health Systems. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2022 Jan;6:e2100137. doi: 10.1200/CCI.21.00137. Epub 2022 Jan 5.

"Assessing Patient Readiness for an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Symptom Management Intervention in a Multisite Study"

Citation:

Paudel R, Tramontano AC, Cronin C, Wong SL, Dizon DS, Hazard-Jenkins H, Bian J, Osarogiagbon R, Schrag D, Hassett MJ. Assessing Patient Readiness for an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Symptom Management Intervention in a Multisite Study. JCO Oncol Prac. 2023 Nov;20. doi: 10.1200/OP.23.00339. Epub 2023 Nov 27.

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"Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Oncology: Lessons from Six Cancer Centers"

Cronin C, Barrett F, Dias S, Wong S, Pearson L, Hazard-Jenkins H, Bian J, Dizon D, Osarogiagbon R, Schrag D, Hassett MJ. Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Oncology: Lessons from Six Cancer Centers. NEJM Catalyst. 2024 Jan;5. doi: 10.1056/CAT.23.0331. Epub 2024 Jan 17.

"Effects of a change in recall period on reporting severe symptoms: an analysis of a pragmatic multisite trial"

Paudel R., Enzinger A. C., Uno H., Cronin C., Wong S. L., Dizon D. S., Hazard Jenkins H., Bian J, Osarogiagbon R. U., Jensen R. E., Mitchell S. A., Schrag D., Hassett M. J. Effects of a change in recall period on reporting severe symptoms: an analysis of a pragmatic multisite trial. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2024 Mar;5. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djae049

Abstracts

2024

"Patient and care team experiences with an EHR-integrated symptom management program (eSyM) in routine oncology practice."

Citation:

Meeting: ASCO Quality, September 27, 2024

Cronin, C., Barrett, F., Dias, S., Paudel, R., Osarogiagbon, R., Schrag, D., Wong, S., Dizon, D., Bian, J., Hazard-Jenkins, H., Brooks, G., Revette, A., and Hassett, M. (2024).  Patient and care team experiences with an EHR-integrated symptom management program (eSyM) in routine clinical oncology practice.

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"The relationship between patient-reported experience and patient-reported outcomes in patients with cancer"

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Meeting: ASCO Quality, September 27, 2024

Hassett, M., Cronin, C., Cronin, A., Uno, H., Paudel, R., Osarogiagbon, R., Wong, S., Bian, J., Hazard-Jenkins, H., Brooks, G., and Schrag, D. (2024).  The relationship between patient-reported experience and patient-reported outcomes in cancer patients.

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"Efficacy of eSyM: Acute care utilization among patients with cancer who do versus do not report ePROs."

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Meeting: ASCO Annual, May 31-June 4, 2024

Hassett, M.J., Uno, H., Tramontano, A., Cronin, C., Bian, J.J., Dizon, D.S., Hazard-Jenkins, H. W., Osarogiagbon, R.U., Wong, S.L., Schrag, D., (2024).  Efficacy of eSyM: Acute care utilization among patients with cancer who do versus do not report ePROs. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 42(16_suppl), 11001. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2024.42.16_suppl.11001 

"The Implementation of an Electronic Symptom Management System to Monitor the Severity of Symptoms in Gynecologic Oncology Patients Initiating Chemotherapy: A Multi-Center Evaluation"

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Meeting: SGO, March 16-March 18, 2024

Nguyen, L.H., Wong, S., Hazard-Jenkins, H., Osarogiagbon, R.U., Davis, M.R., Hassett, M.J., Schrag, D., Dizon, D.S., Cass, I., Wright, A.A., Bradford, and Bradford, L. (2024).  The implementation of an electronic symptom management system to monitor the severity of symptoms in gynecologic oncology patients initiating chemotherapy: A multi-center evaluation.

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"The Implementation of an Electronic Symptom Management (eSyM) System to Monitor Post-Operative Pain in Gynecologic Oncology Surgery Patients: A Multi-Center Evaluation"

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Meeting: SGO, March 16-March 18, 2024

Nguyen, L.H., Wong, S., Hazard-Jenkins, H., Osarogiagbon, R.U., Davis, M.R., Hassett, M.J., Schrag, D., Dizon, D.S., Cass, I., Wright, A.A., Bradford, and Bradford, L. (2024).  The implementation of an electronic symptom management system to monitor post-operative pain in gynecologic oncology surgery patients: A multi-center evaluation.

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2023

"Assessing the Sustainability of an Electronic Patient Reported Outcome (ePRO)-Based Symptom Management Program at Six U.S. Cancer Centers"

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Meeting: D&I, December 10-December 13, 2023

Roshan Paudel, Jennifer Mallow, Christine Cronin, Raymond Osarogiagbon, Jessica Bian, Don Dizon, Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, Sandra Wong, Deborah Schrag, and Michael Hassett (2023). Assessing the Sustainability of an Electronic Patient Reported Outcome (ePRO)-Based Symptom Management Program at Six U.S. Cancer Centers. 

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"Assessing the Implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Integrated, Patient Reported Outcome-Based Symptom Management Program: Perspectives from Frontline Staff at Six US Cancer Centers"

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Meeting: D&I, December 10-December 13, 2023

Roshan Paudel, Christine Cronin, Jennifer Mallow, Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, Raymond Osarogiagbon, Don Dizon, Jessica Bian, Deborah Schrag, Sandra Wong, and Michael Hassett (2023). Assessing the Implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Integrated, Patient Reported Outcome-Based Symptom Management Program: Perspectives from Frontline Staff at Six US Cancer Centers.

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"Leveraging electronic patient-reported outcomes collected at six cancer centers to identify symptom clusters across the first four weeks of chemotherapy"

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Meeting: ASCO Quality, October 27-October 28, 2023

Rachel A Pozzar, Angela Tramontano, Christine Cronin, Michael J Hassett, Deborah Schrag, Raymond U Osarogiagbon, Hannah W Hazard-Jenkins, Jessica J Bian, Sandra L Wong, Don S Dizon, and Alexi A Wright (2023). Leveraging electronic patient-reported outcomes collected at six cancer centers to identify symptom clusters across the first four weeks of chemotherapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 19(11_suppl), 366. https://doi.org/10.1200/OP.2023.19.11_suppl.366

"Patient Engagement with a Portal-Based Symptom Management Program Across Six Health Systems"

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Meeting: ASCO Quality, October 27-October 28, 2023

Michael J Hassett, Christine Cronin, Angela Tramontano, Sandra L Wong, Hajime Uno, Jessica J Bian, Don S. Dizon, Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, Deborah Schrag, and Raymond U Osarogiagbon (2023). Patient engagement with a portal-based symptom management program across six health systems. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(11_suppl), 351. https://doi.org/10.1200/OP.2023.19.11_suppl.351

"Deploying, Sustaining, and Learning from PROs: Lessons from the SIMPRO Consortium"

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Meeting: AACR, April 14-April 19, 2023

Michael J Hassett. (April 18th, 2023). Deploying, Sustaining, and Learning from PROs: Lessons from the SIMPRO Consortium [Invited presentation]. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. 

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"eSyM Implementation Strategies, Program Reach, & Early Results"

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Meeting: Epic XGM, May 8-May 19, 2023

Michael J Hassett & Christine M Cronin. (May 11, 2023). eSyM Implementation Strategies, Program Reach, and Early Results [Oral presentation]. Epic XGM Expert Group Meetings, Verona, WI. https://streaming.epic.com/View/x23-ONC02

"Use of statistical process control charts to identify impactful implementation strategies for an ePRO-based symptom management program across the SIMPRO Consortium" 

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Meeting: ASCO Annual, June 2-June 6, 2023

Jim W Doolin, Samira Dias, Christine Cronin, Don S. Dizon, Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, Jessica J Bian, Sandra L. Wong, Deborah Schrag, Roshan Paudel, Raymond Osarogiagbon, and Michael J. Hassett (2023). Use of statistical process control charts to identify impactful implementation strategies for an ePRO-based symptom management program across the SIMPRO Consortium. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(16_suppl), 6579. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.6579

"Reduced Symptom Burden after Implementation of an Electronic Symptom Management Program." 

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Meeting: ASCO Annual, June 2-June 6, 2023

Jessica Bian, Paige Ahrens, Angela Tramontano, Christine Cronin, Sandra Wong, Raymond Osarogiagbon, Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, Don Dizon, Roshan Paudel, Deborah Schrag, and Michael Hassett (2023). Reduced Symptom Burden after Implementation of an Electronic Symptom Management Program. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(16_suppl), 12006. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.12006

"Self-reported overall wellbeing and physical function among chemotherapy and surgery patients completing symptom questionnaires across six health systems." 

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Meeting: ASCO Annual, June 2-June 6, 2023

Michael J. Hassett, Christine Cronin, Angela Tramontano, Sandra L. Wong, Hajime Uno, Roshan Paudel, Jessica J Bian, Don S. Dizon, Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, Deborah Schrag (2023). Self-reported overall wellbeing and physical function among chemotherapy and surgery patients completing symptom questionnaires across six health systems. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(16_suppl), 12110-12110. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.12110

"Rates of emergency department visits and acute-care hospital admissions after starting chemotherapy or having surgery across six community-based cancer centers." 

Meeting: ASCO Annual, June 2-June 6, 2023

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Michael J. Hassett, Christine Cronin, Angela Tramontano, Sandra L. Wong, Hajime Uno, Roshan Paudel, Jessica J Bian, Don S. Dizon, Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, Deborah Schrag (2023). Self-reported overall wellbeing and physical function among chemotherapy and surgery patients completing symptom questionnaires across six health systems. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(16_suppl), 6621-6621. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.6621

"Use of statistical process control charts to identify impactful implementation strategies for an ePRO-based symptom management program across the SIMPRO Consortium." 

Meeting: ASCO Annual, June 2-June 6, 2023

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Jim W Doolin, Samira Dias, Christine Cronin, Don S. Dizon, Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, Jessica J Bian, Sandra L. Wong, Deborah Schrag, Roshan Paudel, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, Michael J. Hassett (2023). Use of statistical process control charts to identify impactful implementation strategies for an ePRO-based symptom management program across the SIMPRO Consortium. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(16_suppl), 6579-6579. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.6579

"Reduced symptom burden after implementation of an electronic symptom management program." 

Meeting: ASCO Annual, June 2-June 6, 2023

Citation:

Jessica J Bian, Paige Ahrens, Angela Tramontano, Christine Cronin, Sandra L. Wong, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, Don S. Dizon, Roshan Paudel, Deborah Schrag, Michael J. Hassett (2023). Reduced symptom burden after implementation of an electronic symptom management program. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41(16_suppl), 12006-12006. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.12006

2022

"Patient-level responsiveness to an electronic health record-integrated electronic symptom management program deployed in the routine-care setting across six health systems"

Meeting: 15th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, December 11- December 14, 2022

Citation:

: Osarogiagbon, R. U., Cronin, C., Hassett, M. J., Tramontano, A., Bian, J. J., Dizon, D. S., Hazard Jenkins, H. W., Wong, S. L.,  Schrag, D. (2022).  Patient-level responsiveness to an electronic health record-integrated electronic symptom management program deployed in the routine-care setting across six health systems. 

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"Severe symptom reporting in medical oncology patients at community cancer centers assessed through eSyM"

Meeting: ASCO Quality, September 30-October 1, 2022

Citation:

Bian, J. J., Cronin, C., Tramontano, A., Schrag, D., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Dizon, D. S., Wong, S. L., Hazard-Jenkins, H. W., & Hassett, M. J. (2022). Severe symptom reporting in medical oncology patients at Community Cancer Centers assessed through esym. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40(28_suppl), 242–242. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2022.40.28_suppl.242

"Severe symptom reporting in surgical patients assessed through an EHR-integrated ePRO questionnaire at 6 cancer centers"

Meeting: ASCO Quality, September 30-October 1, 2022

Citation:

Wong, S. L., Hazard-Jenkins, H. W., Schrag, D., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Dizon, D. S., Bian, J. J., Cronin, C., Tramontano, A., & Hassett, M. J. (2022). Severe symptom reporting in surgical patients assessed through an EHR-integrated EPRO questionnaire at 6 Cancer Centers. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40(28_suppl), 243–243. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2022.40.28_suppl.243

Meeting: ASCO Annual, June 2-June 7, 2022

"Strategies for implementing an ePRO-based symptom management program (eSyM) across six cancer centers"

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Michael J. Hassett, Christine Cronin, Nadine Jackson McCleary, Jessica J Bian, Sandra L. Wong, Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, Samira Dias, Julie Johnson, Deborah Schrag, Don S. Dizon, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, and eSyM Project Managers Author Group Journal of Clinical Oncology 2022 40:16_suppl, 12017-12017

"Evaluating the use of web versus mobile devices for ePRO reporting and severe symptom responses at 6 cancer centers"

Meeting: ASCO Quality, September 30-October 1, 2022

Citation:

Cronin, C., Tramontano, A., Schrag, D., Wong, S. L., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Hazard-Jenkins, H. W., Dizon, D. S., Bian, J. J., & Hassett, M. J. (2022). Evaluating the use of web versus mobile devices for EPRO reporting and severe symptom responses at 6 Cancer Centers. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40(28_suppl), 241–241. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2022.40.28_suppl.241

2021

"Barriers to web-based symptom management systems (web-SyMS)."

Meeting: 2021 ASCO Annual Conference 

Hassett, M. J., Tramontano, A., Cronin, C., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Wong, S. L., Bian, J. J., Hazard, H. W., Dizon, D. S., & Schrag, D. (2021). Barriers to web-based symptom management systems (web-SYMS). Journal of Clinical Oncology, 39(15_suppl), 6545–6545. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6545

Citation:

"New EHR-integrated PRO module for electronic reporting and monitoring of symptoms improves care in the post-operative setting"

Meeting: SGO 2021

Citation:

Cass, I., Cronin, C., Schrag, D., Fleming, E., Wilkinson-Ryan, I., West, L., Hassett, M., & Wong, S. (2021). New Ehr-Integrated Pro Module for electronic reporting and monitoring of symptoms improves care in the postoperative setting. Gynecologic Oncology, 162. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0090-8258(21)01052-0

2020

"Developing and deploying a symptom management program to improve quality of life and reduce acute care hospital visits among cancer patients across six healthcare systems"

Meeting: Epic UGM,  Aug 2020

Citation:

Jennifer A. Mallow PhD, FNP-BC, Laura Tasker RT(N), Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH, Michael J. Hassett, MD, MPH, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MD, Sandra Wong, MD, MS, Christine Cronin, BS, Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, MD, FACS. (2020). Developing and deploying a symptom management program to improve quality of life and reduce acute care hospital visits aong cancer patients across six healthcare systems. Epic UGM.  https://eventarchive.epic.com/

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"Self-Reported Overall Wellbeing (OWb), Physical Function (PFn), and PRO-CTCAE Symptom Scores in Post-Operative and Chemotherapy Patients" 

Meeting: ASCO Annual, May 29-June 2, 2020

Citation:

Hazard, H., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Wong, S. L., Bian, J. J., Dizon, D. S., Wedge, J., Mallow, J., Basch, E. M., Enzinger, A. C., Wright, A. A., Remick, S. C., Bradford, L. S., Cass, I., Phillips, J. D., Ivatury, S. J., Bandera, C. A., Faris, N. R., Cronin, C., Hassett, M. J., & Schrag, D. (2020). Self-reported overall wellbeing (OWB), physical function (PFN), and PRO-CTCAE symptom scores in post-operative and chemotherapy patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38(15_suppl), 2064–2064. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.2064

"Design of eSyM: An ePRO-based symptom management tool fully integrated in the electronic health record (Epic) to foster patient/clinician engagement, sustainability, and clinical impact."

Meeting: ASCO Annual, May 29-June 2, 2020

Citation:

Hassett, M. J., Hazard, H., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Wong, S. L., Bian, J. J., Dizon, D. S., Wedge, J., Basch, E. M., Mallow, J., McCleary, N. J., Dougherty, D. W., Remick, S. C., Brooks, G. A., Mecchella, J., Solberg, P., Tasker, L., Faris, N., Pacheco, A., Cronin, C., & Schrag, D. (2020). Design of esym: An EPRO-based symptom management tool fully integrated in the Electronic Health Record (EPIC) to Foster Patient/clinician engagement, sustainability, and clinical impact. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38(suppl_abstr e14120), https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e14120

"Design of eSyM: An ePRO-based symptom management tool fully integrated in the electronic health record (Epic) to foster patient/clinician engagement, sustainability, and clinical impact."

Meeting: 2020 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Citation:

Hassett, M. J., Hazard, H., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Wong, S. L., Bian, J. J., Dizon, D. S., Wedge, J., Basch, E. M., Mallow, J., McCleary, N. J., Dougherty, D. W., Remick, S. C., Brooks, G. A., Mecchella, J., Solberg, P., Tasker, L., Faris, N., Pacheco, A., Cronin, C., & Schrag, D. (2020). Design of esym: An EPRO-based symptom management tool fully integrated in the Electronic Health Record (EPIC) to Foster Patient/clinician engagement, sustainability, and clinical impact. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38(29_suppl), 164–164. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.29_suppl.164

"Development of self-management tip sheets for medical oncology and surgical patients electronically reporting symptoms in the home-care recovery setting"

Meeting: 2020 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Citation:

Schrag, D., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Wong, S. L., Hazard, H., Bian, J. J., Dizon, D. S., Cronin, C., & Hassett, M. J. (2020). Development of self-management tip sheets for medical oncology and surgical patients electronically reporting symptoms in the home-care recovery setting. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38(29_suppl), 299–299. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.29_suppl.299

"Stakeholder feedback at four ePRO-naïve healthcare institutions about the need, effectiveness, and barriers to usage of a fully EHR-integrated ePRO tool."

Meeting: 2020 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Citation:

Schrag, D., Osarogiagbon, R. U., Wong, S. L., Hazard, H., Bian, J. J., Dizon, D. S., Cronin, C., & Hassett, M. J. (2020). Stakeholder feedback at four EPRO-naïve healthcare institutions about the need, effectiveness, and barriers to usage of a fully EHR-integrated EPRO tool. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38(29_suppl), 165–165. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2020.38.29_suppl.165

"Factors that facilitate or impede use of an integrated EHR Symptom Management System (eSyM)"

Meeting: Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science 2020 State of the Science

Citation:

Jennifer A. Mallow PhD, FNP-BC, Laura Tasker RT(N), Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH, Michael J. Hassett, MD, MPH, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MD, Sandra Wong, MD, MS, Christine Cronin, BS, Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, MD, FACS

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