Evidence: Oncology
Our cancer products are improving the patient experience and their individual care whilst reducing the administrative inefficiencies for their CNS and associated clinical team.
Living With Oesophageal cancer provides patients with one accurate and tailored source of information, which they can access at any time, improves communication with their complete care team, (Nurse, dietician, physiotherapist, Psychologist) and enables them to contribute more to their own care decisions.
For clinicians it facilitates better monitoring of patients across hospital trusts, more efficient communications with patients and reduces DNA rates and A+E attendances.
How Living With Oesophageal Cancer has helped clinics
Feedback from clinicians and patients
I think it’s been well-received by the patients. I think it’s been extremely helpful for them. And, having looked at the app myself, I think it’s very accessible. I find it helpful.
Cancer Nurse Specialists, Barnet Hospital
There are two aspects to this. I think it will save time, if we’re putting articles and appointments on, and I think you can say safely 15 minutes. Because you don’t have to make a telephone call, you don’t then have to put things in the post to them. So, you’re saving money, as well.
Cancer Nurse Specialists, Barnet Hospital
The patients have received it really well, they really, really like it.
Cancer Nurse Specialists, Barnet Hospital
I think it encourages us, actually, to give more information. A lot of [patients] have read articles that we wouldn’t necessarily have given them, and they’ve found that useful.
Cancer Nurse Specialists, Barnet Hospital
They like the fact that we can push all the appointments through on there, and they’ve got it on their phone and they can scroll through. Rather than having lots of pieces of paper around, or searching through their emails, they can bring up the app and it’s there.
Cancer Nurse Specialists, Barnet Hospital
The fact that we do message them through it, they get quite excited about.
Cancer Nurse Specialists, Barnet Hospital
I have everyone telling me, ‘You know what’s going to happen,’ and I’ve said, ‘Look, I don’t want to be a know-all, but I know.’ Everyone should have one. I mean really. It doesn’t stop your inner feelings and thoughts, but it’s reassuring.
Oesophageal cancer patient