The use of Patient Reported Outcomes and quality in primary care

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Huttin, Christine C.^{a; b; *}

Affiliations: [a] Professor, Aix Marseille University, Aix en Provence, France | [b] Health Scientist, Endepusresearch Inc., Cambridge, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Christine C. Huttin, PhD, MBA. E-mails: Chris.huttin@comcast.net, Christine.huttin@univ-amu.fr.

Abstract: This contribution discusses the role of Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) in improving quality of care. The development of PROs in primary care using scoring methods on various domains such as trust, information, communication, clinical quality and access is important as a quality improvement tool, especially in the context of market disruption and disinvestment due to reforms of the welfare contracts.

Keywords: Patient Reported Outcome (PRO), digitalization, item banks, clinical governance

DOI: 10.3233/THC-181495

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 111-113, 2019