Journal article
Framework to Advance Oncology-Related Telehealth
JCO clinical cancer informatics, Vol.2018(2), pp.1-11
12/2018
DOI: 10.1200/CCI.17.00156
PMID: 30652582
Abstract
Purpose As telehealth is increasingly used across the clinical care spectrum to provide patient-centered care, it is important to have robust measures to assess its impact on patient outcomes and care processes. The National Quality Forum (NQF) developed a Telehealth Framework to organize measures and inform target areas for measure development that includes the following four domains: access to care, financial impact or cost, experience, and effectiveness. Our goal is to identify and categorize within the NQF domains currently existing measures of telehealth applicable to oncology to detect priority areas for future research and measure development. Methods We reviewed telehealth-related measures applied to oncology care reported in systematic reviews and identified NQF-endorsed quality measures related to oncology care potentially amenable to telehealth. We organized identified measures by the NQF domains to inform suggestions for advancing the care of patients with cancer through telehealth. Results We identified 12 systematic reviews representing 183 studies reporting telehealth-related oncology research. Most studied outcomes related to diagnosis and treatment or user experience and symptom monitoring. Clinical effectiveness measures were most frequently reported (38%), and most were psychosocial. Patient, family, and/or caregiver experience was the next most frequently reported measure. There were only a few other cancer-related clinical effectiveness measures (eg, morbidity). Most NQF-endorsed oncology measures amenable to telehealth applied to the domains of access to care and effectiveness, with a lack of measures informing financial impact or cost and experience. Conclusion Overall, there has been a lack of quality measures to assess use of telehealth for the care of oncology patients. Future work should focus on developing measures within each of the NQF-identified domains, with special attention to the financial impact or cost domain.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Framework to Advance Oncology-Related Telehealth
- Creators
- Kristin L Rising - Kristin L. Rising, Thomas Jefferson University; Judd E. Hollander, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Marcia M. Ward, Rural Telehealth Research Center, University of Iowa; Divya Bhagianadh, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Jason C. Goldwater, National Quality Forum, Washington, DCMarcia M Ward - Kristin L. Rising, Thomas Jefferson University; Judd E. Hollander, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Marcia M. Ward, Rural Telehealth Research Center, University of Iowa; Divya Bhagianadh, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Jason C. Goldwater, National Quality Forum, Washington, DCJason C Goldwater - Kristin L. Rising, Thomas Jefferson University; Judd E. Hollander, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Marcia M. Ward, Rural Telehealth Research Center, University of Iowa; Divya Bhagianadh, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Jason C. Goldwater, National Quality Forum, Washington, DCDivya Bhagianadh - Kristin L. Rising, Thomas Jefferson University; Judd E. Hollander, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Marcia M. Ward, Rural Telehealth Research Center, University of Iowa; Divya Bhagianadh, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Jason C. Goldwater, National Quality Forum, Washington, DCJudd E Hollander - Kristin L. Rising, Thomas Jefferson University; Judd E. Hollander, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Marcia M. Ward, Rural Telehealth Research Center, University of Iowa; Divya Bhagianadh, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Jason C. Goldwater, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JCO clinical cancer informatics, Vol.2018(2), pp.1-11
- DOI
- 10.1200/CCI.17.00156
- PMID
- 30652582
- NLM abbreviation
- JCO Clin Cancer Inform
- ISSN
- 2473-4276
- eISSN
- 2473-4276
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2018
- Academic Unit
- Rural Telehealth Research Center; Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984214675002771
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