Telehealth With Comprehensive Live-Fed Real-World Data as a Patient Care Platform for Lung Cancer: Implementation and Evaluation Study (Preprint)

• DOI: 10.2196/preprints.45331
• Publication Date: 2023-01-05T22:48:17Z
• Authors: Di Zheng; Yanhong Shang; Jian Ni; Ling Peng; Xiaoming Tan; Zhaoxia Dai; Yizhuo Zhao; Aiqin Gu; Jiying Wang; Yanyan Song; Xiaofeng Li; Junping Zhang; Wei Heng; Cuiying Zhang; Chunling Liu; Hui Li; Yingying Du; Jianfang Xu; Dan Wu; Xuwei Cai; Rui Meng; Xiaorong Dong; Yaoping Ruan; Liyan Jiang
• Keywords: Preprint; Telehealth

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Telehealth has emerged as a popular channel for providing outpatient services in many countries. However, the majority of telehealth systems focus on operational functions and offer only sectional patient journey at most. Experiences with incorporating longitudinal real-world medical record data into are valuable but have not been widely shared. The feasibility usability such platform, comprehensive, via live feed, cancer care yet to be studied. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> primary purpose this study is understand using platform longitudinal, feed supplement hospital electronic specifically from physician’s perspective. <title>METHODS</title> A was constructed launched both physicians patients. Real-world were collected curated comprehensive model. Physician activities recorded system logs analyzed. In February 2023, survey conducted among platform’s registered assess specific areas quantify their before after experiences, including number patients managed, time spent, dropout rate, visit follow-up data. Descriptive inferential statistical analyses performed sets. <title>RESULTS</title> Over period 15 months, 16,035 unique users (13,888 patients, 1539 friends family members, 174 physician groups 608 individuals) platform. More than 382,000 messages text, reminders, pictures generated by when communicating completed 78 group leaders (45% groups). Of participants, 84% (65.6/78; SD 8.7) reported positive experience, efficient communication, remote supervision, quicker response questions, adverse event prevention, more complete data, risk reduction, cross-organization collaboration, reduction in-person visits. participants (59/78, 76% 76/78, 97.4%) estimated improvements drop-off access history, average ranging 57% 105%. When compared prior platforms, responses indicated better experiences terms while managed did significantly change. <title>CONCLUSIONS</title> This suggests that equipped feasible effective care. It enhances inpatient management improving efficiencies, reducing rates, easy history. Moreover, it fosters experience physician-patient interactions.