title: The challenges of the integration of cancer survivorship care plans with electronic medical records.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide an overview of issues and challenges associated with integrating development of survivorship care plan processes with electronic medical records (EMRs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Published peer-reviewed literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evidence seems to indicate that survivorship care plans have value to survivors, oncology specialist providers, and primary care providers. Yet, the existence of cost and time restraints are major barriers to creation and use of survivorship care plans, and the expectations that EMR can simplify and expedite survivorship care plan development have yet to be realized.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses participating in the development of survivorship programs can contribute to successful implementation of EMR-facilitated survivorship care plans by involvement in strategic planning processes, and establishment of reasonable timelines to address the known and unknown barriers, and assuring the resulting EMR product includes essential data and information.
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Zabora
authors: Sage
authors: S
authors: Bolte
authors: Drucilla
authors: D
authors: Brethwaite
authors: Saundra
authors: S
authors: Weller
authors: Carrie
authors: C
authors: Friedman
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D010380:Peer Review; D011379:Prognosis; D058996:Quality Improvement; D015996:Survival Rate; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States
keywords: Electronic medical record; electronic health record; survivorship care plan; survivorship care planning