Goal:

1. Identify relevant and unresolved issues that must be considered in establishing standards for the development, testing, and application of electronic data capture for patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures
2. Contribute to the debate and potential resolution of ePRO-related methodological issues based on the scientific literature and expert opinion;
3. Develop and disseminate principles of good practice surrounding the migration of paper-based PRO measures to electronic modes of administration.

Background:
The collection of clinical trial data is rapidly transitioning to electronic data capture (EDC), including patient-reported outcome (PRO) data. The development of new PRO measures specifically for EDC platforms and the migration of existing paper-based PRO measures to electronic formats present unique opportunities and challenges that affect outcomes research.

The ePRO Working Group is comprised of 3 subgroups:   

• The ePRO Task Force:  Recommendations of the ISPOR ePRO Task Force on Evidence Needed to Support Measurement Equivalence Between Electronic and Paper-based Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Measures
  http://www.ispor.org/TaskForces/ePROTF.asp
• The ePRO System Validation Subgroup
• The ePRO Case Study Subgroup