Burus Todd, McAfee Caree R, Wilhite Natalie P, Hull Pamela C
Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Cancer. 2025 Jan 15;131(2):e35710. doi: 10.1002/cncr.35710.
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center developed the data gathering and visualization platform Cancer InFocus (CIF) as a solution for cancer center catchment area surveillance. CIF was released in June 2022 and made available for use to other institutions through a no-cost licensing agreement. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact CIF has had on cancer centers since its release.
The authors adapted an existing management evaluation framework to assess the impact of CIF across three spheres-idea dissemination, product engagement, and adopter satisfaction. This assessment included an online survey administered between the dates of September 18, 2023 and June 22, 2024 among 28 individuals at 13 CIF adopting institutions.
As of October 2024, the ideas and approaches of CIF had been disseminated with national audiences 13 times and featured in one peer-reviewed publication. Thirty-five institutions, including 26 National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers, had engaged in licensing CIF. In a user satisfaction survey among adopting institutions, a majority of individuals indicated they were gathering more data (91.7%) and requiring less effort to disseminate data (72.0%) using CIF than under their previous methods.
CIF has demonstrated a broad and positive impact on cancer center catchment area surveillance in the 2 years since its release. CIF represents a high value, low-cost option for cancer centers wanting to build a cancer surveillance dashboard. The framework used for evaluating CIF's impact can be adapted to assess the impact of other open-source software built and distributed by cancer centers.
肯塔基大学马基癌症中心开发了数据收集与可视化平台“癌症聚焦”（Cancer InFocus，CIF），作为癌症中心集水区监测的解决方案。CIF于2022年6月发布，并通过免费许可协议供其他机构使用。本研究的目的是评估CIF自发布以来对癌症中心产生的影响。
作者采用了现有的管理评估框架，以评估CIF在三个方面的影响——理念传播、产品参与度和采用者满意度。该评估包括在2023年9月18日至2024年6月22日期间对13个采用CIF的机构的28名个人进行的在线调查。
截至2024年10月，CIF的理念和方法已向全国受众传播了13次，并在一篇同行评审出版物中有所介绍。包括26个国家癌症研究所指定癌症中心在内的35个机构已获得CIF的许可。在采用机构的用户满意度调查中，大多数个人表示，与之前的方法相比，他们使用CIF收集的数据更多（91.7%），传播数据所需的精力更少（72.0%）。
CIF自发布以来的两年里，已对癌症中心集水区监测产生了广泛而积极的影响。对于希望建立癌症监测仪表板的癌症中心来说，CIF是一种高价值、低成本的选择。用于评估CIF影响的框架可加以调整，以评估癌症中心构建和分发的其他开源软件的影响。
