Digital Cancer Care Pathways
Cancer journeys are long, complex, and emotionally challenging — for patients and care teams alike. From early detection and diagnosis through to treatment and survivorship, patients need more than clinical interventions. They need consistent, clear, and compassionate support at every step.
Yet most services still rely on paper forms, scattered communication, and inconsistent patient engagement — especially between appointments.
Our platform helps health services modernise oncology care delivery with digital cancer care pathways that support patients at every stage of their treatment. These digital pathways align with optimal cancer care pathways, ensuring safe, consistent, and patient-centred care from screening through to recovery.
Why Digital Cancer Care Pathways Matter in Oncology
Patients undergoing cancer treatment — especially systemic therapies like chemotherapy or immunotherapy — often experience symptoms that can escalate rapidly without early intervention. Fatigue, dehydration, nausea, pain, and psychological distress are all common, and commonly underreported until they require acute care. Digital cancer care pathways help bridge this gap by enabling timely intervention and coordinated support.
Digital pathways bridge this gap, enabling teams to:
- Identify issues early
- Provide patients with proactive support
- Coordinate the right care at the right time
- Reduce avoidable ED presentations and admissions
- Improve patient experience, confidence, and outcomes
How Digital Cancer Care Pathways Work
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Our platform enables health services to deliver personalised, evidence-based digital cancer care pathways that align with real-world oncology care journeys.
1. Screening & Risk Assessment
- Educate patients on screening programs (e.g., bowel, cervical, breast)
- Collect risk profiles and family history remotely
- Increase screening uptake with automated reminders and simple digital workflows
2. Testing & Diagnosis
- Prepare patients for biopsies, imaging, or genomic tests with clear digital info packs
- Deliver test expectations and logistics ahead of time
- Collect consent digitally for genomic or pathology testing, using national templates or clinic specific forms and processes
3. Treatment Onboarding
- Digitally onboard patients starting systemic therapy or radiation
- Share personalised care plans, side effect info, and support contacts
- Schedule and confirm upcoming treatments automatically
- apture symptom reports between cycles to prevent deterioration
4. Remote Symptom Monitoring
- Enable patients to self-report symptoms using validated tools (e.g., UKONS triage tool, NCCN distress thermometer)
- Trigger alerts for clinical follow-up based on severity thresholds
- Escalate to Hospital Avoidance Services or triage teams when needed
- Document care coordination actions for patient in one central, accessible platfor
5. Recovery & Long-Term Support
- Recovery & Long-Term Support
- Maintain digital check-ins to monitor late effects, emotional health, and return-to-work readiness
- Provide ongoing education to support lifestyle change and secondary prevention
Proven Outcomes in Cancer Care Pathways
Health services implementing digital cancer care and treatment pathways have reported measurable improvements in both patient outcomes and workforce efficiency.
For example, one health service introduced a nurse-led digital monitoring model using remote symptom tracking tools and structured triage protocols. The result? Timely interventions for high-risk patients, greater self-management confidence, and reduced pressure on emergency services — all while giving patients peace of mind between appointments.
- High patient satisfaction and engagement
- Clinically meaningful alerts captured proactively.
- Reduced unplanned ED visits and hospital length of stay.
- Better use of specialist nurses and support staff.
- Improved continuity across the cancer care team.
Benefits of Digital Cancer Care Pathways for Health Services
- Clinical Efficiency: Digitise routine information, consents, and monitoring so clinicians can focus on complex care.
- Scalable Coordination : Deploy consistent care pathways across clinics, or hospitals – with flexible customisation.
- Patient Empowerment: Give patients timely, digestible, and culturally appropriate information, right on their phones.
- Safety & Compliance: Support medico-legal compliance and documentation with auditable consent and communication trails.
Let’s Build Better Cancer Journeys
Every cancer journey is unique, but patients and care teams share the need for clear, consistent support. We partner with cancer programs to design and deliver digital pathways that ease the burden on clinicians while helping patients feel supported at every stage — from diagnosis through to recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are digital cancer care pathways?
At Personify Care, digital cancer care pathways are designed to mirror the real-world patient journey — from screening and diagnosis through to treatment and recovery. They replace paper forms and fragmented communication with secure digital tools that support education, monitoring, and patient engagement at every stage. Learn more about our Patient Preparation & Enhance Appointments pathway.
How do digital cancer care pathways support patients?
With Personify Care, patients receive timely reminders, clear information about their treatment, and digital check-ins between appointments. This helps them feel supported and confident while enabling their care team to identify issues early and provide the right support when it matters most. Related solutions include Perioperative Triage and Monitor Patient Risk & Deterioration.
How do digital cancer care pathways help health services?
Our platform reduces administrative burden by digitising routine tasks like education, consent, and symptom monitoring. This gives clinicians more time to focus on complex care while ensuring that data is captured in real time to support compliance, quality improvement, and continuity of care across the oncology team.
What is the difference between cancer care pathways and cancer treatment pathways?
A cancer care pathway includes the full patient journey: screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. A cancer treatment pathway focuses on the treatment phase, such as chemotherapy, radiation, or immunotherapy. Personify Care supports both, helping services deliver consistent, patient-centred care across the entire journey. Explore our Readmission Prevention Programs.
How do digital cancer care pathways align with optimal cancer care pathways?
Optimal Cancer Care Pathways, developed by Cancer Council Australia and national health authorities, outline what best-practice cancer care should look like. Personify Care enables health services to put these guidelines into practice digitally, ensuring patients receive safe, consistent, and evidence-based support from diagnosis to recovery. This aligns closely with our work in Close Gaps in Care.
Can digital cancer care pathways improve outcomes?
Yes. Health services using Personify Care’s digital pathways have reported timely interventions for high-risk patients, reduced pressure on emergency services, and improved patient confidence in managing their care. By capturing early warning signs and standardising communication, outcomes improve for both patients and clinical teams.
Talk to us about digital cancer pathways
Cancer care continues long after the clinic visit ends. Digital pathways ensure your support does too.