A continuous PREMs and PROMs Observatory for elective hip and knee arthroplasty: study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Scholars, healthcare practitioners and policymakers have increasingly focused their attention on patient-centredness. Patient-reported metrics support patient-driven improvement actions in healthcare systems. Despite the great interest, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are still not extensively collected in many countries and not integrated with the collection of patient-reported experience measures (PREMs). This protocol describes the methodology behind an innovative observatory implemented in Tuscany, Italy, aiming at continuously and longitudinally collecting PROMs and PREMs for elective hip and knee total replacement.

Methods and analysis

The Observatory is digital. Enrolled patients are invited via SMS or email to online questionnaires, which inclu

SUBMITTER: De Rosis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8458328 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature