Factors Associated With Increased Collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes Within a Large Health Care System.
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ABSTRACT: Importance:The collection of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) has garnered intense interest, but dissemination of PRO programs has been limited, as have analyses of the factors associated with successful programs. Objective:To identify factors associated with improving PRO collection rates within a large health care system using a centralized PRO infrastructure. Design, Setting, and Participants:This cohort study included 205 medical and surgical clinics in the Partners Healthcare system in Massachusetts that implemented a PRO program between March 15, 2014, and December 31, 2018, using a standardized centralized infrastructure. Data were analyzed from March to April 2019. Exposures:Relevant clinical characteristics were recorded for each clinic launching a PRO program. Main Outcomes and Measures:The primary outcome was the mean PRO collection rate during each clinic's most recent 6 months of collection prior to January 2019. Data were analyzed using a linear regression model with the 6-month PRO collection rate as the dependent variable and clinic characteristics as independent variables. Secondary analysis used a logistic regression model to assess clinical factors associated with successful clinics, defined as those that collected PROs at a rate greater than 50%. Results:Between March 2014 and December 2018, 205 Partners Healthcare clinics were available for analysis, and 4?061?205 PRO measures from 745?028 encounters were collected. Among these, 103 clinics (50.2%) collected at a rate greater than 50%. Increased collection rates were associated with more than 50% of physicians in a clinic trained on PROs (change, 19.6% [95% CI, 9.9%-29.4%]; P?
SUBMITTER: Sisodia RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7156989 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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