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Patient-reported outcome measures: implications for nursing.

Leela Barham¹, Nancy Devlin

¹Policy Unit, Royal College of Nursing, London. leela.barham@rcn.org.uk

Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)

|February 12, 2011

Summary

The National Health Service (NHS) implemented the Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Programme in 2009. This initiative collects patient health data before and after surgery to improve care quality and inform healthcare decisions.

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Area of Science:

Health Services Research
Patient Outcomes
Quality Improvement

Background:

The National Health Service (NHS) introduced the Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Programme in 2009.
PROMs collect patient-reported health data to emphasize patient perspectives.

Purpose of the Study:

To inform nurses about the PROMs Programme.
To encourage nurses' engagement with PROMs collection and utilization.
To highlight the importance of patient-reported data in healthcare.

Main Methods:

Routine collection of self-reported health measures from patients undergoing specific elective procedures (hip/knee replacement, hernia repair, varicose veins surgery).
Data collection occurs pre- and post-operatively.
Utilizing patient feedback to assess health changes.

Main Results:

PROMs provide routine, systematic information on NHS patients' health outcomes for the first time.
This data facilitates the assessment of health changes following surgical interventions.
Established a new benchmark for evaluating healthcare performance.

Conclusions:

PROMs data can identify and reward provider performance.
Empowers patients in making informed choices about their care.
Assists clinicians in monitoring and enhancing service quality.
Informs healthcare commissioners for service prioritization decisions.