LCSS-QL

A patient-friendly app to help oncologists & pharmaceutical companies

Quality of Life apps

√ Lung cancer patients

√ Prostrate cancer

√ Pleural Mesotholomia

The Need?

Eliminate Paper Forms.

The creators of LCSS came to Green Mountain Software to make it easier to incorporate quality of life assessments into clinical trials and patient care.

The Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS) is used by oncologists and pharmaceutical companies with patients undergoing treatment… however it was paper-based.

The Goals?

Make it Simple.

• Make it simple to use — by patients & administering staff
• Provide timely feedback to allow health professionals to act on patient scores and trends
• And … accommodate multiple languages
  

  Nursing staff can easily pick the correct language and form.

The Solution?

A Pocket-PC based application with an integrated desktop application and custom report generation.

What’s Unique?

• A user interface specifically designed to be used by patients with minimal instruction
• Visual scoring of results to reduce errors in data collection
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  The UI makes it easy for any patient to fill out without assistance.

  A simple to use desktop application for collecting and storing results and patient data

• Effortless synchronization between the desktop and handheld
• Custom reports for instant feedback and displaying results over time

Platforms

√ Windows Mobile and WindowsXP

Database

√ Custom developed with ViewSense™

Communications

√ Custom TCP/IP over ActiveSync

For medical staff, the observer scale mirrors the patient questionnaire.

Reports

√ Custom developed with Crystal Reports

For more information about LCSS-QL Associates and their instruments, click here to visit the LCSS-QLwebsite.