{"id":6929,"date":"2026-01-13T10:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=6929"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:09:10","slug":"electronic-patient-reported-outcome","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/glossar\/electronic-patient-reported-outcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ePRO refers to the digital capture of health data directly by the patient, usually via a smartphone app or tablet. Unlike paper questionnaires, ePRO provides timestamps, automated reminders and considerably higher data integrity, since transcription errors and retrospective editing (the &#8220;parking lot effect&#8221;) are excluded.<br \/>Through real-time transmission, CROs and investigational sites can intervene immediately in the event of critical symptom reports, which increases patient safety. ePRO systems also improve patient adherence, as data entry is intuitive. The data flow directly into the EDC system, which accelerates database lock.<br \/>Regulatorily, ePRO systems must meet the requirements of FDA 21 CFR Part 11. Validation of the systems and training of patients are critical success factors. As patient-centred endpoints become increasingly important to regulatory authorities and payers (HTA), ePRO expertise is a core component of modern clinical development programmes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/glossary\/\">Back to overview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ePRO refers to the digital capture of health data directly by the patient, usually via a smartphone app or tablet. Unlike paper questionnaires, ePRO provides timestamps, automated reminders and considerably higher data integrity, since transcription errors and retrospective editing (the &#8220;parking lot effect&#8221;) are excluded.Through real-time transmission, CROs and investigational sites can intervene immediately in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"glossary-cat":[],"class_list":["post-6929","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"related_terms":"","external_url":"","internal_reference_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6930,"href":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6929\/revisions\/6930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediconomics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-cat?post=6929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}