Table 2.

Summary of scalable recommendations for designing digital health solutions to support oncologists’ involvement in health behavior change intervention studies.

Time period	Recommendations
Before patient recruitment	Provide clinical teams with intervention study details (eligibility criteria, timeline, treatment components, point of contact, and expected health outcomes) Make information available in EHRa and on print materials
During patient recruitment	Automatically identify eligible patients Include reminder features to prompt referral discussions during clinical encounters Create parallel referral channels by combining automated EHR messaging with supplementary print materials (eg, hand flyers) Send an enrollment notification to the clinical team when patients sign up for the intervention program or trial
During the patients’ intervention use	Send progress reports through the EHR to patients’ clinical team using short, text-based messages Provide aggregated data summaries of patients’ behavioral data (including goals, adherence, and progress) Include a conversation aid: clear and concise phrases tailored to whether the patient is meeting goals (congratulations) or not meeting goals (encouragement) Automate the delivery of patients’ progress report 1 to 2 days before the clinical encounter

^aEHR: electronic health record.