Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Quality Improvement in Clinical Genetics: an Exploratory Study.

ABSTRACT: International advocacy of patient-centred healthcare delivery has led to emphasis on the (re)design and evaluation of healthcare processes and outcomes from a patient perspective. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) have significant potential to inform such attempts. However there is limited understanding of the processes by which this can be achieved. This exploratory study followed attempts to utilise two different PROMs measures to support service quality improvement in clinical genetics. PROMs used were the Genetic Counseling Outcome Scale (GCOS-24), a well-validated clinical genetics-specific PROM and Euroqol (EQ-5D), a generic PROM favoured by the UK National Institute for Health and Excellence (NICE). Both of these PROMs enable pre/post intervention comparison. A service audit

SUBMITTER: Costal Tirado A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5582073 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature