Cancer Data Dashboard

Started at the University of Tartu Hospital, now in development across Estonia. The aim of the project is to develop and pilot a patient-based cancer care dashboard to enable data-driven decision making. Project deliverables:

Patient-based and nationwide:

Person-centered overview of the patient’s cancer journey – for the treating physician, patient, quality specialist, hospital management.
Enables data for analysis and policy development.
Provides information on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of treatment.
A nationwide view of cancer centers to aggregate data into TIS.

Integration with existing systems:

Integrated with pathology, laboratory, genetics, multidisciplinary consortium, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Allows automatic export of data to the dashboard.

Structured data are available:

For cancer centers and national authorities to assess quality indicators, perform high quality data analysis.
Enable secondary use of data, including for research purposes.

Data collection :

Automated as much as possible and complying with the TEHIK data exchange standard.

Conditions to be fulfilled if possible :

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) and patient-reported experience measures (PREM) data collection.
Integration of quality indicator alerts, such as timing criteria, to monitor whether a cancer patient reaches a consultation and treatment within a nationally agreed timeframe..
Submission and clarification of data to the cancer registry.

Project duration: 2025-2028

Project budget: €1 495 000

Financed by the State Chancellery Innovation Fund through the Public Sector Innovation Capacity Building measure.

Partners in Estonia: Tartu University Hospital, North Estonia Medical Centre, East Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn Children’s Hospital, Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre, National Institute for Health Development, Estonian Health Insurance Fund, Ministry of Social Affairs

ESTCAN point of contact: Anne-Mari A. Willmore, annemw@ut.ee