135 The Impact of the Electronic Patient Record on Completion and Uploading of the Holistic Needs Assessment in Lung Cancer patients

The Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) was recommended by the UK NHS Cancer Five Year Strategy 2015 for patients with cancer at time of diagnosis, treatment change and completion1. It is a structured assessment of aspects of patients ’ lives to find concerns, producing a care plan to address any issues. HNA completion and implementation is variable and there is little research on its use in lung cancer. Generally the CNS team issue questionnaires, assessing if action is required. Our trust implemented a new electronic patient record so we used this opportunity to assess if our Unit's completion rates of the HNA could improve.
Source: Lung Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Other Source Type: research