Research ppj

Elaine is a single-mother to two schoolaged
children. After going to the doctors
for a routine checkup, she was diagnosed
with metastatic melanoma. With quite
a rare form of cancer, there were few
treatment options available to Elaine.
She was made aware of a few clinical trials
- but she wasn’t sure how to know if
they were right for her.
Luckily, her oncologist made her aware
of a comany named TrialSeek, that could
help clinicians to match her with a trial.
She registered with the service through
the NHS, and a week later she received
her monitoring devices through the
post. She set up the devices in her hallway,
so that she would remember to use
them every day whilst carrying out her
usual activites.
As Elaine’s cancer was detected at an
early stage, she could continue to do her
normal activites, including regular exercise.
Her lifestyle tracker recorded this,
feeding the data into her digital health
records.
Her spending patterns eluded to how
she eats, location tracking shows the
places she has visited and travelled to,
and her online presence via social networks
gave insight into the way she lives.
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