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How Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Help Improve Patient Care
In 2014, Mass General embraced a plan to design and implement a large-scale patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) project across 90 specialties. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has been a leader in PROMs with robust collection in Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics, and Pelvic Floor Disorders.
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Health-related Quality of Life Among Unmarried Patients Diagnosed With Lung Cancer Worse During COVID-19 Than Before
Laura A. Petrillo, MD, Joseph A. Greer, PhD, and colleagues report the COVID-19 pandemic is not further reducing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) or exacerbating depression among patients with advanced lung cancer. Still, HRQOL is worse among unmarried patients, driven by declines in functional well-being.
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Patient-reported Weight Agrees With Clinic Data One Year After Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery
Matthew M. Hutter, MD, and colleagues found excellent agreement between body weight reported by patients one year after bariatric surgery and the weights their hospitals reported to a national surgical database. Asking patients to report objective outcomes may ease data collection burden and increase follow-up time.
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New Scoring System Allows Assessment of the Severity of Ileoanal Pouch Syndrome
Paul Cavallaro, MD, Liliana Bordeianou, MD, MPH, and colleagues developed the ileoanal pouch syndrome (IPS) severity score, which is unique among postoperative bowel function scores in that it was entirely developed in a population of patients with pouches and items weighted differently based on patient input.
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Sociodemographic Factors Influence Whether Orthopedic Surgery Patients Complete PROMs
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that 60% of new patients in orthopedic surgery clinics, especially racial/ethnic minorities and others who commonly face disparities in care, did not complete patient-reported outcome measures. This variability could skew the results of clinical outcomes research.
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Race, Ethnicity & Income Predict Level of Disability at Time of Total Joint Replacement
Christopher M. Melnic, MD, Hany S. Bedair, MD, and colleagues looked at the correlation between race, ethnicity, income, and certain patient-reported outcome measures/scores for patients scheduled for primary total hip or total knee arthroplasty.
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Contributors
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Hany S. Bedair, MD
Chief, Center for Hip & Knee Replacement, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, MGH/NWH Kaplan Joint Center at NWH, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Injection Drug Use Tied to Substantially Increased Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection
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Henrik Malchau, MD, PhD
Director Emeritus, Harris Orthopaedics Lab, Visiting Professor of Orthopaedics Surgery, Joint Arthroplasty, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Thresholds for the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score After TKA -
Neal C. Chen, MD
Chief of the Hand & Arm Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Program Director, Hand Surgery Fellowship Program, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Osteochondritis Dissecans Lesions of the Capitellum Have Abnormal Subchondral Bone Density
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Rachel C. Sisodia, MD
Gynecologic Oncologist, Gynecologic Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Chief Quality Officer, Mass General Brigham, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Review: Lesions of the Ovary and Fallopian Tube
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Young-Min Kwon, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Program Director, Adult Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Machine Learning Models Identify Patients at High Risk of Prolonged Hospital Stay After Primary THA
