Meeting Summary President’s Cancer Panel the Connected Cancer Patient: Vision for the Future and Recommendations for Action

This workshop was the third in the President’s Cancer Panel’s (the Panel) 2014−2015 series on connected health and cancer. The workshop brought together leaders from academia, technology, government, advocacy, and healthcare. Participants discussed the desired future state for connected health in cancer prevention and care and identified steps that could be taken to achieve identified goals by 2020. Participants were encouraged to live-Tweet at #cHealth4Cancer during the workshop. This meeting summary was prepared to satisfy requirements established by the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The summary provides an overview of presentations and discussions occurring as part of the workshop and does not necessarily reflect the views of Panel members. President’s Cancer Panel Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, Chair Owen Witte, MD National Cancer Inst i tute, Nat ional Inst itutes of Health Abby Sandler, PhD, Executive Secretary, President’s Cancer Panel Meeting Co-Chairs David K. Ahern, PhD, Special Advisor, Health Communications and Informatics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute Bradford W. Hesse, PhD, Chief, Health Communications and Informatics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute Part icipants Neeraj K. Arora, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Science, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Ethan Basch, MD, Director, Cancer Outcomes Research Program, Associate Professor, Medicine and Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, President Emeritus, Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, PhD, Program Director, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute Robert T. Croyle, PhD, Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Director, Basic and Translational Science, University of Puerto Rico, Comprehensive Cancer Center Karen Emmons, PhD, Vice President for Research, Director, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute