Digital Health | Clinical Collaboration
Supporting Thoughtful Use of Digital Tools in Cancer Care
Cancer care continues to evolve as new treatments, digital tools, and care models emerge. At the same time, oncology teams across both large centres and community clinics are working to deliver safe, coordinated care in increasingly complex environments.
My interest in digital health comes from clinical practice—particularly in seeing how much of symptom management happens between clinic visits, when patients are at home.
Practice-Informed Perspective: My experience includes oncology nursing across regional cancer centres and community clinics, as well as involvement with initiatives such as the Response Program at Richmond Hospital and digital platforms including SeamlessMD. These experiences have shaped my interest in how digital tools can support safer, more responsive care.
Where Digital Tools Can Help
Many supportive care needs emerge between visits, when patients are managing treatment effects on their own. For individuals who are older, living alone, or receiving care in smaller centres, these gaps can be more pronounced.
Digital symptom monitoring tools and patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) offer an opportunity to support earlier identification of symptoms and more proactive care—when thoughtfully implemented.
Earlier Insight
Structured symptom reporting can help identify changes earlier and support timely response.
Patient Voice
PROMs help capture symptom experiences that may otherwise go unreported.
Support Between Visits
Digital tools can help extend care beyond clinic walls in a meaningful way.
Supporting Programs in Practice
Successful implementation of digital tools depends not only on the technology itself, but on how it fits within clinical workflows and supports safe, sustainable care.
I work alongside teams exploring questions such as:
- How do symptom alerts move through the care team?
- What escalation pathways are appropriate?
- How can patients be supported in using these tools?
- How can workflows remain realistic in busy clinical settings?
Collaborative approaches such as workflow mapping and tools like MIRO boards can help visualize patient journeys and support thoughtful implementation.
A Collaborative, Practice-Informed Approach
My role is not to replace clinical leadership, but to contribute a practice-informed oncology nursing perspective grounded in real patient care experience.
I am particularly interested in how digital tools can support more equitable, evidence-based care—especially in community settings where resources may be limited.
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