Jun 1, 2013, 00:00 AM

10.1016/j.jval.2013.04.006

https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(13)01804-4/fulltext

Section Title : Editorials

Section Order : 27

First Page : 457

The emergence of technologies that enable the direct electronic capture of patient-reported outcome (PRO) data has been a profoundly significant innovation in PRO endpoint assessment in clinical trials. Based on evidence that has been mounting over the past 20 years, paper-based self-reports of measurements (e.g., peak flow values) and experiences or sensations (e.g., symptoms) are far from optimal compared with data collected electronically. As stated by Ganser et al., paper-based approaches to patient-reported data collection can “result in untimely, unreadable, missing, illogical or otherwise faulty data” . In contrast, electronic data collection systems can lead to more accurate and complete data, avoidance of secondary data entry errors, easier implementation of skip patterns, less administrative burden, and potential cost savings

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HEOR Topics :

• Patient-Centered Research
• Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes

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• Global