12-Month Follow-Up Results Of A "Distributed Patient Registry"-Automated Direct Smartphone Connection To A Registry

Long-term follow-up in registries has been reported to range from 10% to 70% depending on resources available at participating institutions. Often even a patient's “vital status” is difficult to ascertain. The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a direct connection to a quality assurance database via their personal smartphone to evaluate the ability to passively determine vital status. This “Distributed Patient Registry” will have patient-reported outcomes (PROs) data entered into the database directly from a patient's mobile phone for 12 months.