Survey Assessment of Patient and Provider Impressions of Telemedicine in Radiation Oncology

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm

Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Treatments

Behavioral: Survey Administration

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

2020-1063

NCI-2021-09908 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To understand more about the opinions of patients and health providers on the use of telemedicine in radiation oncology.

Full description

Primary Objective:

To characterize patient and provider satisfaction with telemedicine in RO

Secondary Objective:

To provide evidence for or against the use of telemedicine in radiation oncology (RO)
To assess the feasibility of and value added by telemedicine in RO
To describe barriers and facilitators to telemedicine in RO
To identify preferred use cases for telemedicine in RO

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients will be eligible if they are aged 18 or older and have undergone at least 1 telemedicine encounter (video visit) with the radiation oncology department at MD Anderson or its affiliates within 2 months from the initiation of the study (and prospectively as the study enrolls). This would include weekly see visits, follow-up visits, or consultations
English speaking
Access to email and internet to complete the survey
Attending physicians in the radiation oncology department who have utilized telemedicine will be contacted to fill out surveys reflecting their experience

Exclusion criteria

• Protected populations such as adults unable to consent, pregnant women, prisoners, and individuals who are not yet adults will be excluded