Our History
Founded in 2003, BrightOutcome has enjoyed many opportunities to work with the foremost public health agencies, academic institutions, and healthcare research organizations. BrightOutcome has won more than 27 grants and contracts to develop a variety of innovative web-based healthcare IT systems. These systems have been designed to address many of today’s most pressing public health issues.
Prior to launching as a commercial entity, BrightOutcome successfully developed, implemented and validated 8 eHealth and/or ePRO systems for academic, clinical, and administrative users. These systems addressed needs across various topics and clinical domains such as: low back pain, weight management, cancer-related fatigue, prostate cancer symptom management, HIV, kidney cancer registries, and personnel scheduling and reporting.
An overview of our Healthcare IT systems:
- Cancer symptom management & patient portal (with Arizona Cancer Center and U. Washington)
- Guidelines-based online cancer screening and decision support tool (with Northwestern U.)
- Data standardization for PRO questionnaires and assessment results (PROMIS / Northwestern U.)
- PRO management for HIV (with Northwestern and UI-Chicago)
- Online performance monitoring for behavioral health professionals (with EBPI)
- Clinical decision support for mental health professionals (with PsychEanalytics)
Our Partnership with NIH (National Institutes of Health)
The National Institutes of Health have funded the majority of our development endeavors. Our projects have included topics related to mental health, cancer, physical and neurological disabilities, and symptom management. A description of some of our projects with NIH are outlined in our company milestones below.
Company Milestones
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2002 - 2004
- BrightOutcome Inc. founded
- PROsIT: A Total Patient-Reported Outcomes Solution Phase I
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2005 - 2007
- PROsIT: A Total Patient-Reported Outcomes Solution Phase II
- Comprehensive PRO Management for Oncology Practice Phase I
- Comprehensive PRO Management for Oncology Practice Phase II
- Home-Centered Teleoncology Care model Phase I
- Rush On-Schedule (Subcontract from Rush University Medical Center)
- Tacasi Questionnaire Phone and Web Administration System (Subcontract from CDC/Cerner)
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2008 - 2010
- Coordinated Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Model Phase I
- Collaborative Palliative and Hospice Care using PRO Phase I
- Defining Interoperability Standards for PRO Assessments - ARRA grant
- Health Information Technology to Facilitate Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer-Related Care Phase I
- Home-Based Cancer Symptom Management Phase I
- Accessibility Solutions for PRO Management Phase I
- Telenursing Model for Management of Chemotherapy Side Effects Phase I
- Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Acute Low Back Pain (Subcontract from University of Utah)
- Online Progress Tracking (Subcontract from Evidence-Based Practice Institute)
- Personalized Online Weight Management and Exercise Response System for Youth with Disabilities (POWERS) (Subcontract from University of Illinois at Chicago)
- iManage Prostate Cancer (Subcontract from Northwestern University)
- Fatigue Assessment System (Subcontract from MD Anderson Cancer Center)
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2011 - 2013
- Health Information Technology to Facilitate Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer-Related Care Phase II
- Home-Based Cancer Symptom Management Phase II
- Tailored Telehealth Weight Management Tool for Overweight Adults with Disabilities
- Tracking Needs, Increasing Awareness, and Supporting Decisions: A Guideline Based Tool for Increasing Cancer Screening Rates Phase I
- Tracking Needs, Increasing Awareness, and Supporting Decisions: A Guideline Based Tool for Increasing Cancer Screening Rates Phase II
- My Quality of Life Kidney Cancer Registry (MYQOL) (Subcontract from Northwestern University)
- ePROmeasure WS Launched!
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2014-2016 (Planned)
- ePROmeasure Portal Launch
- MyCaringCircle Launch
- SymptomCareAnywhere Launch
- MyCancerScreeningGuide Launch