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Received β€” 13 September 2026 ⏭ Journal of Medical Internet Research

Cost-Effectiveness of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Interventions in Cancer: Systematic Review and Parameter Extraction for Economic Modeling

Background: Complex digital interventions that integrate electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROM) into clinical practice in cancer have the potential to improve quality of life, increase survival, and reduce health resource use and costs. Such systems can help patients with cancer self-manage chemotherapy symptoms, reduce clinicians’ workloads through automated decision support, and resolve problems earlier. However, more research on the cost-effectiveness of ePROM monitoring is needed. Objective: This paper comprises two complementary components: (1) a systematic literature review summarizing and evaluating the quantitative and qualitative evidence related to the cost-effectiveness of ePROM monitoring and (2) a health economic model parameter extraction. We also conducted supplementary targeted searches and scoping to provide context to our findings. Methods: We searched Ovid (including MEDLINE and Embase), Scopus, and the International Health Technology Assessment Database for original English-language papers published on or before March 2025 using search strings that combined terms related to ePROMs, health economics, and cancer/oncology. We included papers reporting health economic–related outcomes for ePROM interventions designed for adult cancer populations and excluded screening tools and conference abstracts. Results: We included 34 publications from 27 unique studies and identified and analyzed 26 ePROM-integrated interventions within these. Most (23/26) of the included interventions explicitly described some form of alert handling and automated decision support based on remote ePROM monitoring. Of the 34 publications, 5 presented full cost-effectiveness analysis results, of which 3 were highly uncertain and lacked clear differences in costs and health outcomes between ePROMs and standard care; conversely, 2 presented strong evidence of cost-effectiveness due to quality-of-life improvements, reduced hospitalizations, and potentially more autonomy in health-related travel (eg, ePROM-monitored patients can drive or walk to the hospital instead of using taxis or ambulances). A further 5 publications reported partial health economic results (eg, cost-consequence and budget impact), of which 1 detected no difference in strategies; in contrast, 4 reported lower health resource use and costs of ePROMs, mainly due to hospitalization reductions. Overall, 12 of the 27 studies included a qualitative component but mostly focused on user experience and design-related themes; only 2 of these addressed economic-specific themes (eg, changes in workflow and resource use due to ePROM implementation and integration), indicating some potential for time saving due to ePROM monitoring. Conclusions: Some ePROM-integrated interventions demonstrated cost-effectiveness in cancer care, but the evidence base remains limited. Where evidence does exist, cost-effectiveness appears driven by reduced hospitalization and improved quality of life. Qualitative research within the included studies rarely addressed economic questions. We provide a detailed parameter extraction for use in future economic modeling and recommend research priorities, including quantitative mapping of ePROM symptom data onto health resource use patterns, and qualitative work exploring how ePROM implementation affects clinical workloads and patient-perspective costs.
Received β€” 14 March 2026 ⏭ Journal of Medical Internet Research

Analysis of Multilevel Factors Mobilizing the Spectrum of Interorganizational Knowledge Sharing for Facilitating Digital Transformation at Scale: Qualitative Study

Background: Interorganizational knowledge sharing is vital for scaling digital transformation efforts that span multiple organizations and system-wide change. However, existing frameworks provide limited insights into the cross-level dynamics that shape how learning ecosystems emerge, evolve, and operate across multiple organizations. This gap leaves practitioners without clear guidance on how multilevel contextual conditions and mechanisms interact to influence the development and sustainability of formal and informal knowledge-sharing relationships. Objective: This study aimed to examine how knowledge is orchestrated across organizations in the digital transformation of health care, identifying key factors that foster an evolving interorganizational learning ecosystem. We developed an integrative model that explains how these influences give rise to diverse modes of collaboration and partnership. Methods: We adopted a qualitative approach using a multilevel perspective to examine visions and experiences across individual, organizational, interorganizational, and sectoral levels. Drawing on a formative evaluation (2018‐2023) of England’s Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) program, we used multiple case studies and conducted interviews with experts both within and beyond organizational settings for data collection and adopted a grounded theory approach to analyze the data. Results: The study identified a set of interconnected factors operating at the macroenvironmental, interorganizational, organizational, and individual levels that influence how interorganizational relationships and partnerships are initiated, structured, and sustained. Macro-level influences included policy developments, program mandates, technology supplier strategies, and intermediary actions. Interorganizational mechanisms involved relational recognition, collective identity, governance structures, proximity, and coordination practices. Organizational factors included external search strategies, absorptive capacity, past collaboration experience, and internal knowledge routines. Individual-level mechanisms encompassed intrinsic and extrinsic motivations as well as personal inhibitors. Synthesizing these findings, we have proposed an integrative model that positions relationship type along a 2D spectrum (formal-informal, internal-external origins) and illustrates how different factors trigger, mandate, control, and enable the evolution of an interorganizational learning ecosystem. Conclusions: This study advances the theoretical understanding of learning ecosystems by explaining how multilevel contextual conditions activate mechanisms that give rise to diverse and evolving forms of interorganizational collaboration. Practically, we offer diagnostic and reflective tools that support policymakers and practitioners in assessing contextual conditions, selecting appropriate knowledge-sharing mechanisms, and monitoring how learning ecosystems develop over time. Our findings provide actionable guidance for designing and sustaining interorganizational learning systems capable of supporting digital transformation at scale.
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