PROTEUS — PRACTICE
Optimizing Postoperative Cancer Care Through Personalized Remote Symptom Monitoring
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Jennifer Cracchiolo (Principal Investigator)
Here you can learn more about the “Optimizing Postoperative Cancer Care Through Personalized Remote Symptom Monitoring,” which is part of the PROTEUS Learning Health Network. The Learning Health Network is focused on improving the use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in oncology clinical practice. Also, you can read about the valuable insights that have emerged from their participation in the Learning Health Network.
Jennifer Cracchiolo, MD
Sigrid Carlsson, MD, PhD, MPH
Project Overview
Our project aims to enhance postoperative care in cancer patients undergoing ambulatory surgery through a personalized remote symptom monitoring system, called Recovery Tracker. The tool uses PROMs to track daily postoperative symptoms for 10 days, enabling timely intervention and reducing patient and caregiver burden. The multidisciplinary team is led by Jennifer Cracchiolo, MD, and includes Sigrid Carlsson, MD, PhD. Key findings from a study recently published in JAMA Surgery indicate that the Recovery Tracker facilitates detailed symptom tracking, improves patient education, sets recovery expectations, and enhances clinical care.
Learning Health Network Experience
Attending the monthly Learning Health Network meeting and the kick-off in-person meeting has been instrumental in advancing our project. It has provided us with the unique opportunity to learn from other teams who are tackling similar challenges.
Additionally, resources such as the PROTEUS Practice Guide have been invaluable in shaping our approach, providing us with comprehensive frameworks and expert insights that have significantly enhanced our methodologies. We’ve utilized resources from and incorporated best practices and structured methodologies outlined in the PROTEUS Practice Guide, including for our recent project-related publication in JAMA Surgery as well as project development strategies for subsequent grant proposals in the PRO space.