PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Nwosu, Amara C AU - McGlinchey, Tamsin AU - Mason, Stephen TI - 144 The ‘technology in palliative care’ (TIP) study: a delphi study to define research priorities for the use of technology for the clinical management of people with serious illness AID - 10.1136/spcare-2020-PCC.164 DP - 2020 Mar 01 TA - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care PG - A59--A59 VI - 10 IP - Suppl 1 4099 - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/10/Suppl_1/A59.2.short 4100 - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/10/Suppl_1/A59.2.full SO - BMJ Support Palliat Care2020 Mar 01; 10 AB - Background The development of data-driven technology presents an opportunity to improve quality and efficiency of healthcare provision and patient experience. It is important to carefully evaluate current and planned future developments, to identify research priority areas and determine how resources should be best utilised. This project aimed to explore how digital technology can improve the care of people with palliative care needs by setting ‘priority areas’ for further research and development.Methods and objectives A scoping literature review was conducted. Two rounds of international Delphi questionnaires were completed, followed by a consensus meeting of experts and a public engagement event.Results One hundred and eight experts (from healthcare, academic and technology) from 11 countries participated in round 1 Delphi. The second round Delphi questionnaire was completed by 55 (53% of 1st round) participants in nine countries. Eleven experts attended the final consensus meeting. A total of 12 priorities were selected (from a list of 33) which were summarised into eight themes. These themes were: Big Data; mobile devices; ehealth/telehealth; virtual reality; smart homes; biotechnology and digital legacy. A public engagement meeting of six lay representative was conducted to discuss each priority area in depth and identify future research questions.Conclusion The identified priorities represent a wide range of important emerging areas in field of digital health, personalised medicine and data science. Collaborative studies are required to address these priority areas, which will aim to improve the care and experience for people with palliative care needs.