Visual Communication: Can a Digital Tool Improve the Understanding of Treatment Options for Patients With Cancer and Increase Satisfaction of the Overall Experience for Patients, Caregivers, and Providers?
NYU Langone Health
Summary
This is a study in patients with newly diagnosed cancer to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of integration of a visual communication tool for patients/caregivers/providers by determining whether such a tool can increase overall satisfaction with the patient experience.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–100 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: Patients: * Patients seen in consultation from 12/1/2024-6/1/2025 * Patients aged 18 years to 100 years old * Patients with a malignancy of breast or head and neck * English speaking patients * Patients being treated with definitive intent * Patients treated at NYU Langone Health for their malignancy * Willing and able to provide consent Caregivers: * Any adult caregiver(s) (aged 18 years to 100 years old) to a patient who fulfills the inclusion and exclusion criteria above. * Willing and able to provide consent Providers: * Doctors and nurse practitioners in medical…
Interventions
- BehavioralVisual Communication Tool
MyCareGorithm will be used during the patient consultation encounter to explain their disease location and stage, role of radiation, logistics of radiation treatment delivery and sequencing of treatment. MyCareGorithm is an online educational tool that will be displayed to the patient via iPad or Microsoft tablet.
Location
- NYU Langone HealthNew York, New York