Topic #384- Phase I (Fast Track) SBIR Contract - FinCare: Enabling Providers and Patients to Make Informed Choices and Minimized Financial Hardship

该研究项目旨在开发一种创新的软件，帮助医疗保健提供者计算接受癌症治疗的患者的自付费用。这个SBIR项目的目标是利用利益相关者、主题专家和行业标准的见解来创建一个可以集成到供应商工作流中的软件系统。如果我们取得成功，医疗保健提供者将评估我们的平台非常有用，因为它能够增强临床医生的工作流程，改善与患者关于护理成本的沟通，并实现改进的以患者为中心的决策制定。

This research project seeks to create innovative software that aids healthcare providers to calculate the out-of-pocket costs of patients receiving cancer treatment. The goals of this SBIR project are to leverage the insights of stakeholders, subject matter experts and industry standards to create a software system that can be integrated into the workflow of providers. If we are successful, healthcare providers will evaluate our platform as highly useful for its ability to enhance clinician workflow, improve communication with the patient regarding their cost of care, and enable improved, patient-centered decision making.