Healthcare Informatics October 18, 2017
David Raths

Technological advances have made it easier to collect and use PROs in routine clinical care

As use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) becomes more common, many health systems want to integrate the data into electronic health records (EHRs), which leads to several technology, governance and policy choices.

Last week I had the chance to speak to Claire Snyder, M.H.S., Ph.D., a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health about her work with colleagues on a “Users’ Guide for Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes in Electronic Health Records: Design and Implementation Considerations,” which received support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Snyder’s own research focuses the quality of life for cancer patients and the...

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Topics: Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), HIM (Health Inf Mgmt), HITECH, Patient / Consumer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider
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