Sci-Thur PM – Colourful Interactions: Highlights 05: Opal–the Oncology Patient Application

Journal Article · Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Medical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4961765· OSTI ID:22689302

Joseph, Ackeem; Herrera, David; Kildea, John; Hijal, Tarek; Hendren, Laurie ^[1]

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1. Medical Physics Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Division of Radiation Oncology, McGill University Health Centre, School of Computer Science, McGill University (Canada)

We describe Opal (Oncology portal and application), the mobile phone app and patient portal that we have developed and are deploying for Radiation Oncology patients at our cancer centre. Opal is a novel tool to empower patients with their own personal medical data, including appointment schedules, consultation notes, test results, radiotherapy treatment planning information and wait time management. Furthermore, due to its integration with our electronic medical record and treatment planning database, Opal will allow us to collect patient reported outcomes from consenting patients and link them directly with dose volume histograms and other treatment data.

• OSTI ID: 22689302
• Journal Information: Medical Physics, Vol. 43, Issue 8; Other Information: (c) 2016 American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-2405
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
INFORMATION
MEDICAL RECORDS
MOBILE PHONES
NEOPLASMS
PATIENTS
PLANNING
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOTHERAPY