Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS)
Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) measure quality from the patient perspective. Initially covering four clinical procedures, PROMs calculate the health gain after surgical treatment using pre and post operative surveys.
The four procedures are
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Hip Replacements
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Knee Replacements
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Hernia
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Varicose Veins
PROMs are measures of a patient's health status or health-related quality of life. They are typically short, self-completed questionnaires, which measure the patients' health status or health related quality of life at a single point in time.
The health status information collected from patients by way of PROMs questionnaires before and after an intervention provides an indication of the outcomes or quality of care delivered to NHS Patients.
How can PROMs information be used?
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To evaluate the relative clinical quality of providers of elective procedures and benchmark performance
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To help patients and GPs exercise choice
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To research what works. Evaluate the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of different technical approaches to care
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To assess the appropriateness of referrals to secondary care
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To support the reduction of inequalities
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To empower commissioners. Establish the quality of services PCT commissioners are contracting with Providers
From 1 April 2009, all providers of NHS-funded care have been required to collect PROMs for these four clinical areas. Please click on the links above to view the data for each procedure area.
For more information please go to www.ic.nhs.uk/proms
