Electronic Patient-reported Outcomes for Patient Care Improvement

Over the past decades healthcare has observed a continuous increase in digitalization of its systems and services. As a result, traditional methods of recording patient-provided information has become increasingly cost-inefficient and unreliable. In response to these changes, the development of Electronic Patient-reported Outcome (ePRO) has become a priority for care providers. Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome can include patient-provided information about symptoms, side effects, drug timing and other questions recorded on an electronic device.
ePRO tools have the potential to improve communication between patients and healthcare providers, enable patient-centered care and enhance access to information. Moreover, ePRO solutions make patient care more predictive, proactive, personalized, and preventative by empowering patient self-reporting and monitoring. Indeed, ePRO is contributing to better care outcomes and improved productivity and efficiency of care delivery.

The goal of the Research Topic is to gather original research, reviews, and short communication on the trends and current applications of electronic patient-reported outcomes for improving patient care.

Potential topics of interest might include, but are not limited to the following:

• ePRO for patient-centered care (e.g., diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment).
• ePRO for patient monitoring
• Comparison of ePRO (electronic patient-reported outcome) and PRO (Patient-Reported
Outcome).
• ePRO and Quality of care
• ePRO and disease management
• ePRO and self-assessment
• ePRO and self-reporting
• Usage of ePRO in a clinical trial
• Artificial intelligence and usage of data in ePRO
• Harnessing ePRO tools to identify disease trends, and better patient-reported outcomes.