Are physicians interested in the quality of life of their patients? usage of EHR-integrated patient reported outcomes data.
In addition to clinical findings, patient reported outcomes (PRO) are a valuable source of information. However, the available time of a physician per patient is limited. Under these constraints, do physicians look into PRO data? By using an, electronic health record (EHR) integrated system for the documentation of PRO the data is directly available during treatment. To evaluate whether this information is used we analyzed access patterns for two types of PRO forms. 56% and 74% of these forms were accessed within routine care while 74% and 100% were analyzed for clinical research.
Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Germany.
Fleur
F
Fritz
Martin
M
Dugas
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D018511:Systems Integration