Capturing the patient voice: implementing patient-reported outcomes across the health system.

Purpose: Supporting the capture and use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) at the point-of-care enriches information about important clinical and quality of life outcomes. Yet the ability to scale PROs across healthcare systems has been limited by knowledge gaps around how to manage the diversity o...

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Published in:Quality of Life Research Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 347 - 356
Main Authors: Austin, Elizabeth, LeRouge, Cynthia, Hartzler, Andrea L., Segal, Courtney, Lavallee, Danielle C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2020
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          Austin, Elizabeth
          LeRouge, Cynthia
          Hartzler, Andrea L.
          Segal, Courtney
          Lavallee, Danielle C.
        affil: Surgical Outcomes Research Center, University of Washington, Box 354808, 1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 502, 98105, Seattle, WA, USA
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          Quality of Life Psychosocial Factors
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      ab: Purpose: Supporting the capture and use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) at the point-of-care enriches information about important clinical and quality of life outcomes. Yet the ability to scale PROs across healthcare systems has been limited by knowledge gaps around how to manage the diversity of PRO uses and leverage health information technology. In this study, we report learnings and practice insights from UW Medicine's practice transformation efforts to incorporate patient voice into multiple areas of care.Methods: Using a participatory, action research approach, we engaged with UW Medicine clinical and administrative stakeholders experienced with PRO implementation to inventory PRO implementations across the health system, characterize common clinical uses for PROs, and develop recommendations for system-wide governance and implementation of PROs.Results: We identified a wide breadth of PRO implementations (n = 14) in practice and found that nearly half (47%) of employed PRO measures captured shared clinical domains (e.g., depression). We developed three vignettes (use cases) that illustrate how users interact with PROs, characterize common ways PRO implementations support clinical care across the health system (1) Preventive care, (2) Chronic/Specialty care, and (3) Surgical/Interventional care), and elucidate opportunities to enhance efficient PRO implementations through system-level standards and governance.Conclusions: Practice transformation efforts increasingly require integration of the patient voice into clinical care, often through the use of PROs. Learnings from our work highlight the importance of proactively considering how PROs will be used across the layers of healthcare organizations to optimize the design and governance of PROs.
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