Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) can demonstrate the effects of a disease or treatment. By using patient questionnaires, the results can be analyzed to predict clinical outcomes in medical research ...

Freedom from disability is one of the most important patient-centered outcomes after surgery, but there is currently no validated instrument to measure postoperative disability. However, a study in ...

Elissa Ely’s column on patient satisfaction surveys (“ I felt healthy after my doctor’s appointment. Then the patient survey arrived .“, Opinion, Feb. 23) reminds me of student satisfaction surveys in ...

Increasing emphasis is being placed on the development of authentic instruments for assessing the competence of health professionals. Patients offer a unique perspective for assessing aspects of ...

Patient safety group tailors PX and outcome survey questions to address safety, diagnostic accuracy, and equity for older adults.

This systematic review shows that there is no conclusive evidence for the use of a single patient-reported outcome questionnaire in the evaluation of patients undergoing hip arthroscopy. A limitation ...

Though patients have expressed their dissatisfaction with communication in the cancer care system, 8, 13 the quality of patient-provider communication is an area seldom measured systematically as part ...

Communication gaps, preventable delays and limited support place significant responsibility on patients on the rare disease journey, a new survey finds. | Ninety percent of patients and caregivers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Confusion over symptom questionnaires is common, and likely hampers efforts to diagnose and treat physical and mental illnesses, ...