AOA Critical Issues: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Why Every Orthopaedic Practice Should Be Collecting Them

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-19-2023

Publication Title

The Journal of bone and joint surgery

Abstract

Patient-centered care is essential to providing high-quality value-based care. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are arguably the best tools available to orthopaedic providers for providing patient-centered care. Many clinical opportunities exist for the implementation of PROMs into routine practice, such as shared decision-making, mental health screening, and prediction of postoperative disposition. Routine use of PROMs is also an adjunct to the streamlining of documentation, patient intake, and telemedicine visits, and hospitals can aggregate PROMs for the purpose of risk stratification. Physicians can harness the power of PROMs for quality improvement initiatives and improvement of the patient experience. Despite these numerous applications, PROMs are frequently underutilized tools. Understanding the many benefits of PROMs may allow orthopaedic practices to justify investing in these valuable tools.

Medical Subject Headings

Humans; Orthopedics; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Patient-Centered Care; Physicians; Quality of Health Care

PubMed ID

37074301

Volume

105

Issue

8

First Page

641

Last Page

648

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