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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2023

How to make PROMs work: qualitative insights from leaders at United States hospitals with successful PROMs programs.

Colby J Hyland, Danny Mou, Azan Z Virji, Claire M Sokas, Barbara Bokhour, Andrea L Pusic, Christer Mjåset

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Colby J HylandHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. colby.hyland@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-0144
Danny MouDepartment of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3529-3563
Azan Z VirjiHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6574-0726
Claire M SokasDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4682-8431
Barbara BokhourDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8238-0745
Andrea L PusicBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4352-9409
Christer MjåsetHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0210-1396
Harvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USEmory University · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeElucidate facilitators, barriers, and key lessons learned regarding the implementation of system-wide clinical patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) programs among United States (US) healthcare leaders.

methodsWe conducted semi-structured interviews with 35 US healthcare leaders, including chief-level executives, data directors, PROM directors, and department chairs involved in PROM implementation across seven diverse healthcare systems from February to June 2020. Transcripts were coded, evaluated for qualitative themes, and categorized according to the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR).

resultsAccording to US hospital leaders with experience in existing clinical PROM programs, there are facilitators and barriers to implementation success in each CFIR domain. Allowing clinicians to select PROM measures and ensuring a user-friendly data platform (intervention); adapting data collection to patient home environments (outer setting); informing clinicians of the multi-faceted use of PROM data for research, clinical care, and business (inner setting); implementing PROM education earlier into clinician training (characteristics of individuals); and establishing specialty-agnostic PROM implementation teams (process) were among key facilitators to implementation success.

conclusionLeaders of geographically and clinically diverse PROM programs in the US identify common themes that facilitate successful implementation. Drivers of success depend on factors within and outside the clinical environment. These findings may serve to guide both establishing new PROM programs and refining existing PROM programs.

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Primary Health CareQuality of LifeDelivery of Health CareHospitalsHumansPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresQualitative ResearchUnited StatesClinical PROM programImplementationPatient-reported outcome measuresPatient-reported outcomesPROMsPROs

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PMID36928649
PMCPMC10018634
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