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Patients with head and neck cancer can experience pain that impacts quality of life. Therefore, we developed a patient-reported Electronic Patient Visit Assessment (ePVA) for early detection and intervention for pain. Patients use interactive touch screen technology to indicate presence and location of pain and functional limitations (eg. limited mobility of mouth, neck, shoulders). To test clinical usefulness of the ePVA, after informed consent, 72 participants with head and neck cancer completed the ePVA one time before, during, or after treatment at an academic cancer center in northeastern United States between August 2017 and August 2018. After completing the ePVA, participants answered the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30). Quality of Life (QoL) scores were calculated using EORTC QLQ-C30 QoL subscale, ranging between 0 …