Journal
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 66, Issue 8, Pages S12-S20Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.04.005
Keywords
Patient-report outcome; Quality of life; Comparative effectiveness research; Patient centered outcomes research; Electronic health record; Health information technology; Survey research
Funding
- National Cancer Institute [1R21CA134805-01A1, 1R21CA113223-01]
- Agency for Healthcare Research Quality [HHSA290200500341ITO6]
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R21CA113223, R21CA134805] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Objective: This article presents the current state of patient-reported outcome measures and explains new opportunities for leveraging the recent adoption of electronic health records to expand the application of patient-reported outcomes in both clinical care and comparative effectiveness research. Study Design and Setting: Historic developments of patient-reported outcome, electronic health record, and comparative effectiveness research are analyzed in two dimensions: patient centeredness and digitization. We pose the question, What needs to be standardized around the collection of patient-reported outcomes in electronic health records for comparative effectiveness research? Results: We identified three converging trends: the progression of patient-reported outcomes toward greater patient centeredness and electronic adaptation; the evolution of electronic health records into personalized and fully digitized solutions; and the shift toward patient-oriented comparative effectiveness research. Related to this convergence, we propose an architecture for patient-reported outcome standardization that could serve as a first step toward a more comprehensive integration of patient-reported outcomes with electronic health record for both practice and research. Conclusion: The science of patient-reported outcome measurement has matured sufficiently to be integrated routinely into electronic health records and other electronic health solutions to collect data on an ongoing basis for clinical care and comparative effectiveness research. Further efforts and ideally coordinated efforts from various stakeholders are needed to refine the details of the proposed framework for standardization. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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