Electronic Symptom Monitoring Intervention for Hospitalized Patients With Cancer

Patients with cancer may experience a considerable symptom burden, often requiring
hospitalizations for symptom management. The study doctors want to know if daily electronic
monitoring of the symptoms, such as pain, nausea, constipation, and diarrhea may improve care
while participants are hospitalized.

The goal of this study is to evaluate a new way to deliver oncology care where patients'
symptoms are systematically monitored during their hospital admission. The investigators are
studying whether patients whose clinicians receive their patients' detailed symptom reports
each day have improved symptom management compared to those whose clinicians do not receive
their patients' detailed symptom reports each day.

The study will use questionnaires to measure the participant symptoms and involves
participating in a study for as long as the participants are admitted to the hospital. The
information the investigators collect will help them determine if electronic symptom
monitoring improves the care of patients with cancer

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 or older

- Diagnosed with advanced cancer (defined as receiving treatment with palliative intent
as per chemotherapy order entry designation, oncology clinic notes, and/or trial
consent forms, or not receiving chemotherapy but followed for incurable disease as per
oncology clinic notes)

- Admitted to the oncology service at Massachusetts General Hospital

- Verbal fluency in English

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unwilling or unable to participate in the study

- Admitted electively

- Participated during a previous admission