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Notes on patient-reported outcomes, digital symptom monitoring, and the work of turning evidence into programs that last.

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What it takes to get beyond the pilot

Why promising ePRO pilots stall, and the operational work that carries a program into routine care.

Most electronic patient-reported outcome programs I have seen begin the same way. A motivated team, a supportive leader, a platform that works well enough, and a pilot population small enough to manage by hand. The pilot succeeds. Patients report their symptoms, someone responds, and the early results look the way the evidence said they would.

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