Relational use of an electronic quality of life and practice support system in hospital palliative consult care: A pilot study.

Participants expressed that QPSS use positively influenced relations of care and enhanced practices consistent with person-centered care. Results also indicate that electronic assessment systems may, in some instances, function as actor-objects enabling new knowledge and relations of care rather than merely as a neutral technological platform. This is the first study to examine hospital palliative consult clinicians' use of a tablet-based system for routine collection of patient-reported outcome and experience measures.