Table 1 Study methodology for designing CAPRI
From: How to Design a Remote Patient Monitoring System? A French Case Study
N° | Studies | Objectives | Study design | Methods | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Literature review [37] | Select existing literature reviews to identify interventions to improve coordination on the cancer pathway | Literature review analysis | Selection of literature reviews via PubMed and extraction of interventions with a demonstrated effectiveness | 2013 |
2 | IT usages in cancer care coordination | - IT state-of-the-art in cancer care - Identify good practices to support efficient implementation | Literature review | Literature Review (pubMed and Cochrane Library) - Extraction of IT uses reported in the literature and classification - Recommended formulations | 2013/2014 |
3 | Patient use of internet-based technologies [38] | - Understand the current level of usage of internet-based technologies by patients - Assess their intention to use them for their health | Quantitative survey Gustave Roussy’s outpatient descriptive statistics and correlation analysis | Questionnaire-based survey carried out within seven outpatient departments over 7 days. - 3-part Questionnaire: (i) Use of internet through computers, mobile phones and tablets (ii) Willingness to use information technologies for health purposes (iii) Socio-demographics | 2013/2014 |
4 | Home care coordination activities and skills [39] | - Identify the need categories of patients and primary care providers for home care coordination - Quantify the volume of the activity generated by each category of needs. | Qualitative and quantitative analysis | Mixed method: (i) Qualitative phase: interviews with patients and focus groups with the NNs of the Coordinating Outpatient Care (COC) department at Gustave Roussy (ii) Quantitative phase: phone calls (made by both patients and primary care providers) received at the COC department. The caller, reason for the call and procedure performed were systematically reported and then analysed. | 2014 |
5 | Care coordination needs | - Understand operational care processes - Identify care coordination needs - Define how technological tools and nurses could prevent difficulties and facilitate care coordination between patients and professionals - Choose the location of NN | Interview survey | Interview survey with patients, hospital practitioners, primary healthcare providers and other hospital professionals | 2014 |
6 | Patient information needs [40] | Identify the unmet information needs of cancer patients and understand the reasons behind patient dissatisfaction | Interview survey and shadowing | Interviews with cancer patients attending a Meeting and Information Area (ERI) at Gustave Roussy and focus groups with ERI professionals. Data were analysed using vertical and horizontal open coding | 2015 |
7 | Emergency Department referrals [41] | Describe and quantify the appropriateness and potential avoidance of Emergency Department referrals | Electronic medical record review | Prospective review of the electronic medical charts of patients admitted in succession to the Emergency Department in August 2015. The appropriateness of referrals was assessed using a nationally validated classification system and local criteria. Potentially avoidable referrals were assessed using international classification systems and local criteria | 2015 |
8 | Clinical monitoring needs | - Identify clinical monitoring parameters - Define the monitoring guidelines | Interview survey | - NNs - Oncologists (referral physician according to site and supportive care) | 2014/ 2015 |