A landscape assessment of the use of patient reported outcome measures in research, quality improvement and clinical care across a healthcare organisation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) can be used by healthcare organisations to inform improvements in service delivery. However, routine collection of PROMs is difficult to achieve across an entire healthcare organisation. An understanding of the use of PROMs within an organisation can provide valuable insights on the purpose, scope and practical considerations of PROMs collection, which can inform implementation of PROMs.

Methods

We used multiple research methods to assess the use of PROMs in research projects, data registries and clinical care across a healthcare organisation from January 2014 to April 2021. The methods included an audit of ethics applications approved by the organisation's human research ethics committee and registries which the health or

SUBMITTER: Snowdon DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9883937 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature