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Impact of a clinical care online intake form in a breast care clinic.

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https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2013.31.31_suppl.137
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Abstract

137 Background: An online self-reported clinical care intake form was provided to new surgery patients of the Moores UCSD Breast Care Clinic, as part of a pilot project in collaboration with the University of California Athena Breast Health Network. Clinical care goals were 1) to reduce clinic time by pre-visit collection of patient histories, co-morbidities, and medications and 2) provide patient reported data to clinicians and the electronic medical record (EMR). Clinical research goals were to 1) identify individuals diagnosed with breast cancer, 2) collect baseline measures related to co-morbidities, psychosocial parameters, and lifestyle factors and 3) increase research opportunities and enrollment.We developed an online intake form for patients to complete at home prior to their appointment. Patients were informed to complete the intake form before their appointment and were sent instructions via email. Patients without an email address had the opportunity to complete their intake form on an iPad in clinic. A summary of intake form answers was uploaded into the EMR for all patients. Patients could consent to future contact, to have their intake data kept in a research registry and/or to provide a blood or tissue sample.From March 2010 to May 2013, 1,224 sequential new breast surgery clinic patients were contacted to complete the online intake form as part of their clinical care. 890 patients completed the intake form prior to their visit (73%). 802 of the 890 patients consented to contact for future research opportunities (90%) and 624 of the 802 consented to share data and EMR access for research (78%). We have coordinated enrollment with our ongoing UCSD biorepository study and have collected 210 blood and 51 tissue samples. Additionally, using future contact consent, we recruited more than 100 participants to multiple lifestyle and survey-based clinical studies.The use of an online intake form is well accepted by patients and provides patient reported data to all clinicians involved in patient care. In conjunction with consented EMR access, these data can be evaluated routinely for quality and efficiency purposes. Initial consent for future contact greatly facilitates participant recruitment to research studies.

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