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Incorporating Multiple Perspectives Into the Development of an Electronic Survivorship Platform for Head and Neck Cancer.

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Salz, T; Schnall, RB; McCabe, MS; Oeffinger, KC; Corcoran, S; Vickers, AJ; Salner, AL; Dornelas, E; Raghunathan, NJ; Fortier, E; McKiernan, J ...
Published in: JCO Clin Cancer Inform
December 2018

PURPOSE: To improve the care of survivors of head and neck cancer, we developed the Head and Neck Survivorship Tool: Assessment and Recommendations (HN-STAR). HN-STAR is an electronic platform that incorporates patient-reported outcomes into a clinical decision support tool for use at a survivorship visit. Selections in the clinical decision support tool automatically populate a survivorship care plan (SCP). We aimed to refine HN-STAR by eliciting and incorporating feedback on its ease of use and usefulness. METHODS: Human-computer interaction (HCI) experts reviewed HN-STAR using think-aloud testing and the Nielsen Heuristic Checklist. Nurse practitioners (NPs) thought aloud while reviewing the clinical decision support tool and SCP and responded to an interview. Survivors used HN-STAR as part of a routine visit and were interviewed afterward. We analyzed themes from the feedback. We described how we addressed each theme to improve the usability of HN-STAR. RESULTS: Five HCI experts, 10 NPs, and 10 cancer survivors provided complementary usability insight that we categorized into themes of improvements. For ease of use, themes included technical design considerations to enhance user interface, ease of completion of a self-assessment, streamlining text, disruption of the clinic visit, and threshold for symptoms to appear on the SCP. The theme addressing usefulness was efficiency and comprehensiveness of the clinic visit. For each theme, we report revisions to HN-STAR in response to the feedback. CONCLUSION: HCI experts provided key technical design insights into HN-STAR, whereas NPs and survivors provided usability feedback and clinical perspectives. We incorporated the feedback into the preparation for additional testing of HN-STAR. This method can inform and improve the ease of use and usefulness of the survivorship applications.

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JCO Clin Cancer Inform

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2473-4276

Publication Date

December 2018

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2

Start / End Page

1 / 15

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • User-Computer Interface
  • Survivorship
  • Software
  • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Female
 

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Salz, T., Schnall, R. B., McCabe, M. S., Oeffinger, K. C., Corcoran, S., Vickers, A. J., … Baxi, S. (2018). Incorporating Multiple Perspectives Into the Development of an Electronic Survivorship Platform for Head and Neck Cancer. JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 2, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1200/CCI.17.00105
Salz, Talya, Rebecca B. Schnall, Mary S. McCabe, Kevin C. Oeffinger, Stacie Corcoran, Andrew J. Vickers, Andrew L. Salner, et al. “Incorporating Multiple Perspectives Into the Development of an Electronic Survivorship Platform for Head and Neck Cancer.JCO Clin Cancer Inform 2 (December 2018): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1200/CCI.17.00105.
Salz T, Schnall RB, McCabe MS, Oeffinger KC, Corcoran S, Vickers AJ, et al. Incorporating Multiple Perspectives Into the Development of an Electronic Survivorship Platform for Head and Neck Cancer. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2018 Dec;2:1–15.
Salz, Talya, et al. “Incorporating Multiple Perspectives Into the Development of an Electronic Survivorship Platform for Head and Neck Cancer.JCO Clin Cancer Inform, vol. 2, Dec. 2018, pp. 1–15. Pubmed, doi:10.1200/CCI.17.00105.
Salz T, Schnall RB, McCabe MS, Oeffinger KC, Corcoran S, Vickers AJ, Salner AL, Dornelas E, Raghunathan NJ, Fortier E, McKiernan J, Finitsis DJ, Chimonas S, Baxi S. Incorporating Multiple Perspectives Into the Development of an Electronic Survivorship Platform for Head and Neck Cancer. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2018 Dec;2:1–15.

Published In

JCO Clin Cancer Inform

DOI

EISSN

2473-4276

Publication Date

December 2018

Volume

2

Start / End Page

1 / 15

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • User-Computer Interface
  • Survivorship
  • Software
  • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Female