IT Barriers and Enablers for Implementing Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study in Nine European Oncology Clinics.

van Landschoot F, Scherrens AL, Jacobs A, Deliens L, Pardon K, Kaasa S, Fallon M, Cresswell K, Lundeby T, Hjermstad MJ, Warrington L, Olde Damink S, Mitrea N, Ausen D, Kurita GP, Cervantes A, Caraceni A, Beernaert K; MyPath Consortium. IT Barriers and Enablers for Implementing Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study in Nine European Oncology Clinics. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2026 May 21;336:2475-2476. doi: 10.3233/SHTI260715.

The European MyPath project aims to implement and evaluate electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (ePROMs) in oncology. Nine oncology centres prepared the integration of an ePROMs tool into their local Electronic Health Records (EHRs), offering insight into the technological and organizational conditions required for successful adoption. Our findings highlight that multi-site integration of ePROMs into EHRs proved more complex and resource-intensive than anticipated, requiring adaptive approaches, with no one-size-fits-all solution. Keywords: Electronic health record; Implementation science; Oncology; eHealth.