Patient-Reported Outcomes — Harnessing Patients’ Voices to Improve Clinical Care

Ethan Basch

New England Journal of Medicine · 2017 · 630 citations · 3 references

Concepts

Abstract

Recording patient-reported outcomes electronically in real time and allowing clinicians to review longitudinal PRO reports can improve patients' quality of life, enhance patient–clinician communication, reduce emergency department utilization, and lengthen survival.

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