The electronic assessment of patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) in radiotherapy of the Krukenberg Cancer Center Halle. Routine multiprofessional supportive screening with PROM-best practice

The systematic assessment of patients' health-related self-perceptions using patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) can contribute to integrating the patient perspective more effectively into healthcare and improving oncological supportive and palliative therapy. An electronic assessment of PROM not only enables a high level of user-friendliness during data entry, but also facilitates data evaluation and clear presentation of results due to automated processes. Despite these advantages, there have been few reports in the literature on clinical implementations of electronic PRO assessment. One reason might be the complex and challenging implementation process. The permanent integration of electronic PRO assessment in clinical practice requires the consideration of many aspects and stakeholders and is associated with changes to established routines. Successful implementation requires a structured, step-by-step approach with the best possible involvement of relevant stakeholders. This article describes the elements of such an approach and its practical realization using the example of the radiation clinic of the Krukenberg Cancer Center Halle.