For patients with palliative care needs, access to care is constrained by health system resources and a requirement to visit their clinician for assessments. As assessments typically only occur every 4-8 weeks, this results in emergency department visits by patients/caregivers. More frequent assessments would provide more timely and earlier interventions for patients by their clinicians should intervention be required. However, a key barrier to effective symptom management and patient/family comfort is the lack of real-time symptom status. RELIEF allows for the remote self-reporting of symptoms by patients to their healthcare providers. It is an easy and effective method of remote symptom reporting for patients with palliative care needs, and RELIEF has the potential to result in significant healthcare cost avoidance and improved patient care. The proposed study will establish the feasibility of implementing RELIEF across a diverse set of populations and settings in Canada.
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Daily symptom self-report completed.
Timeframe: Up to 6 months across implementation.
Site adoption.
Timeframe: Immediately after the intervention.
Improved palliative care access.
Timeframe: Immediately after the intervention.
Acceptability: Partner sites perceive RELIEF to be agreeable, palatable, and/or satisfactory.
Timeframe: Up to 6 months across implementation.
Individual Adoption: Individual healthcare providers take clinically appropriate action.
Timeframe: Up to 6 months across implementation.
Appropriateness: RELIEF is seen to fit, be relevant for, or be compatible across a wide variety of settings in Canada.
Timeframe: Up to 6 months across implementation.
Fidelity.
Timeframe: Immediately after the intervention.
Penetration.
Timeframe: Immediately after the intervention.
Sustainability: RELIEF is seen to be sustainable post-study.
Timeframe: Immediately after the intervention.