Electronic Image Documentation of Patient Reported Outcomes Using Mobile Technologies.

Area of Science:

• Clinical informatics
• Digital health
• Patient-reported outcomes

Background:

• Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) are vital for clinical decision-making.
• Mobile technologies offer efficient and user-friendly PRO data collection.
• The MoPat system facilitates multilingual electronic PRO completion.

Purpose of the Study:

• To report the further development of the MoPat electronic PRO system.
• To introduce and evaluate new features for electronic image documentation.
• To assess the system's utility in multi-site clinical research.

Main Methods:

• Enhancement of the existing MoPat mobile electronic PRO system.
• Integration of novel features for digital image capture and documentation.
• Planned multi-site clinical evaluation of the updated system.

Main Results:

• The MoPat system has been advanced with new functionalities.
• The system now supports electronic documentation of clinical images.
• Further evaluation in a multi-site setting is pending.

Conclusions:

• The enhanced MoPat system offers improved capabilities for PRO collection.
• The integration of image documentation expands its clinical research applications.
• The system is poised for evaluation in diverse clinical settings.