Access to internet, smartphone usage, and acceptability of mobile health technology among cancer patients.

Purpose: The use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies to augment patient care enables providers to communicate remotely with patients enhancing the quality of care and patient engagement. Few studies evaluated predictive factors of its acceptance and subsequent implementation, especially in medically underserved populations.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of 151 cancer patients was conducted at an academic medical center in the USA.

Trends and Outcomes of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients With Ovarian Cancer: Results From Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database 2003 to 2011.

Objective: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in hospitalized patients with malignancy. Nationwide Inpatient Sample database was analyzed to determine the trends in the rate of hospitalization and mortality from VTE in hospitalized ovarian cancer patients and assess its economic impact and resource utilization.

Method: We queried the 2003 to 2011 Nationwide Inpatient Sample database from Healthcare Cost and Utilization project (Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality) to identify all adults (age ≥18 years) ovarian cancer.