A patient-reported outcome (PRO) is a report or assessment of the status of a patient’s health or health care experience that comes directly from the patient.1 One common example used in acute and progressive care settings is the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey, which assesses patients’ satisfaction with care in the hospital setting.2 Beyond providing a measure of satisfaction with previously delivered care, the broad array of available PROs represents a compendium of valuable tools for identifying patients’ future expectations for health-related goals, health engagement, or expectations for communication with health care providers, for example. Nationally, the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute has led the way in encouraging patients to engage actively with their health care team, in part through PRO surveys that ascertain, measure, score, or prioritize individual-level health beliefs, health goals, symptom perceptions, satisfaction with care and the care environment, and many...
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1 April 2016
Clinical Inquiry|
April 01 2016
Overcoming Barriers to Using Patient-Reported Outcomes for Clinical Inquiry
Maria Javier, RN, BSN;
Maria Javier, RN, BSN
Maria Javier is Clinical Nurse II, Duke University Health System and a Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. Jae Youn Kim is Clinical Nurse II, University North Carolina Health Systems, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University School of Nursing. Ellie Toone is Nursing Student Intern, Duke University School of Nursing and Duke Heart Center, Durham, North Carolina. Bradi Granger is Director, Heart Center Nursing Research Program, Duke University Health Systems and Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, 307 Trent Dr, Durham, NC 27710 ([email protected]).
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Jae Youn Kim, RN, BSN;
Jae Youn Kim, RN, BSN
Maria Javier is Clinical Nurse II, Duke University Health System and a Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. Jae Youn Kim is Clinical Nurse II, University North Carolina Health Systems, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University School of Nursing. Ellie Toone is Nursing Student Intern, Duke University School of Nursing and Duke Heart Center, Durham, North Carolina. Bradi Granger is Director, Heart Center Nursing Research Program, Duke University Health Systems and Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, 307 Trent Dr, Durham, NC 27710 ([email protected]).
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Ellie Toone, AD;
Ellie Toone, AD
Maria Javier is Clinical Nurse II, Duke University Health System and a Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. Jae Youn Kim is Clinical Nurse II, University North Carolina Health Systems, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University School of Nursing. Ellie Toone is Nursing Student Intern, Duke University School of Nursing and Duke Heart Center, Durham, North Carolina. Bradi Granger is Director, Heart Center Nursing Research Program, Duke University Health Systems and Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, 307 Trent Dr, Durham, NC 27710 ([email protected]).
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Bradi B. Granger, RN, PhD
Bradi B. Granger, RN, PhD
Maria Javier is Clinical Nurse II, Duke University Health System and a Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. Jae Youn Kim is Clinical Nurse II, University North Carolina Health Systems, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University School of Nursing. Ellie Toone is Nursing Student Intern, Duke University School of Nursing and Duke Heart Center, Durham, North Carolina. Bradi Granger is Director, Heart Center Nursing Research Program, Duke University Health Systems and Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, 307 Trent Dr, Durham, NC 27710 ([email protected]).
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AACN Adv Crit Care (2016) 27 (2): 230–235.
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Maria Javier, Jae Youn Kim, Ellie Toone, Bradi B. Granger; Overcoming Barriers to Using Patient-Reported Outcomes for Clinical Inquiry. AACN Adv Crit Care 1 April 2016; 27 (2): 230–235. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2016265
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