More detailed information and advanced management options are provided for exclusive use by protocol support staff at Fox Chase. Approximately 900 protocols are organized by primary disease site and treatment category. Protocol information is viewed in progressive detail through a series of screens that retrieve requested material directly from the database. A variety of summary reports can also be generated from the database, including a master list of all active studies sorted by disease and treatment categories. More specialized features include the automatic generation of reports for individual studies as they become due for annual review, including objectives, toxicity, and patient accrual data with demographics.
Access is restricted, and the data is encrypted to protect patient confidentiality.
PTS is optimized for data entry and generation of reports that include patient accrual, demographics, hospital site, disease site, survival and other data. Development continues within PTS on individual patient flowsheets that are optimized for Web-based graphical presentation of laboratory, treatment, and toxicity data, including XY plots of clinical data over time. Additional online educational resources include the Antiemetic Ladder developed by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, which provides guidelines and cost information regarding antiemetic therapy. We also provided the capability to search a regional database of 13,000 community physicians maintained by Fox Chase Physician Services, which provides rapid access to address and phone numbers for ongoing correspondence between healthcare professionals.