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. 2017 Jun 26;6(6):e122. doi: 10.2196/resprot.7523

Table 1.

Functionality of the mobile app by section and the expected source of information for each component.

Section Feature Description Source of information
Journey Results Provides a list of the patient’s laboratory results and the ability to drill into individual results EHRa

Medications A list of the patient’s current medications User-generated from lists sourced from the NCIb Drug Dictionary and Medline Plusc

Care team Information on members of the patient’s care team (eg, picture, title, contact information, specialty, etc) User adds team members using text auto-complete; information pulled from hospital systems

Notes Any text notes that the family wishes to document User-generated
Education Lifestyle Background material on topics such as health and wellness, nutrition, and school and learning Educational handouts from CCHMCd and the COGe

Terms A list of common medical terms and their definitions NCIf Cancer Terms database

Procedures Descriptions of common procedures used in the treatment of cancer, information on transfusions, and on how to interpret laboratory results Educational handouts

Treatments Background information on the treatment process and other ancillary information related to the care process Organizational handouts from CCHMC and the COG
Calendar Upcoming A description of the patient’s next appointment at the medical center, (including location and date/time) or other event entered by the user EHR or user-generated

Month view Monthly view of appointments pulled from the EHR or manually added by the user EHR or user-generated

aEHR: electronic health record (MyChart Web service).

bNCI: National Cancer Institute.

cWhile it is possible to retrieve these data via Web services, there were concerns about the accuracy of this information.

dCCHMC: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

eCOG: Children's Oncology Group.

fNCI: National Cancer Institute.