African hospitals test remote monitoring to improve cancer end-of-life care
Researchers have documented three emerging remote symptom-tracking systems deployed across Africa to help cancer patients receive palliative care without traveling to clinics. The findings offer a roadmap for low-income regions where advanced cancer care infrastructure remains scarce, potentially reducing hospital visits and improving quality of life for terminally ill patients.
Originaltitel: Remote Symptom Monitoring to Enhance the Delivery of Palliative Cancer Care in Low-Resource Settings: Emerging Approaches from Africa
<p>This paper brings together researchers, clinicians, technology developers and digital innovators to outline current applications of remote symptom monitoring being developed for palliative cancer care delivery in Africa. We outline three remote symptom monitoring approaches from three countries, highlighting their models of delivery and intended outcomes, and draw on their experiences of implementation to guide further developments and evaluations of this approach for palliative cancer care in the region. Through highlighting these experiences and priority areas for future research, we hope to steer efforts to develop and optimise remote symptom monitoring for palliative cancer care in Africa.</p>