PATIENT VOICES Integration of Systematic Assessment of Patient Reported Outcomes Within Clinical Oncology Practice

Listening to "patient voices" in terms of symptoms, emotional status, satisfaction with care and information received, represents a major shift in medicine. It is in fact crucial in medical decision making and patient empowerment, especially in cancer care. Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) and in particular electronically assessed PROMS (ePROMS), have been identified as potentially effective tools to systematically gather patient voices. Despite international extensive and growing interest, systematic PROM collection is not widely implemented in routine cancer care, due to barriers at various levels. The PATIENT VOICES is a project aimed at achieving a stepwise inclusion and integration of PROMs within routine clinical practice at the FONDAZIONE IRCCS ISTITUTO NAZIONALE TUMORI-MILANO. Phase I of the Patient Voices project (pilot and feasibility testing), will be the focus of the present study and its results will be the base for subsequent phases (implementation and impact assessment).