Mary Cooley on Electronically Monitoring Symptoms

Mary Cooley, PhD, APRN, BC, nurse scientist, Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses issues with monitoring symptoms and patient preferences electronically.

Cooley says that patients track their symptoms in order to prepare for visits. A certain group of patients is particularly active and feel that visits are a pivotal part of their care.

Some patients track their symptoms and take copious notes, Cooley says, and she was interested in how they and their caregivers assembled medical records.