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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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Shared Decision-Making Tied to Better Outcomes in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
When Massachusetts General Hospital researchers provided a decision aid to all patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis before they consulted a surgeon, 68% met criteria for well-informed, patient-centered (IPC) decisions about treatment, and patients with knee osteoarthritis who made IPC decisions had better outcomes.
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Limb-Salvage Surgery for Upper-Extremity Sarcoma Has Long-term Advantages Over Amputation
In a retrospective study of patients with upper-extremity sarcoma with prospective follow-up, researchers and surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital found that, although the reoperation rate was higher, limb salvage with complex reconstruction had long-lasting functional advantages over amputation.
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Improving Care for Gynecologic Cancers Through Patient Reported Outcomes
In this video, Rachel Sisodia, MD, discusses how incorporating patient voice into their care via patient-reported outcomes can improve their care journey and health outcomes.
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Society of Gynecologic Oncology Calls on Clinicians to Measure Patient-Reported Outcomes Routinely
Massachusetts General Hospital oncologists participated in a professional society panel that recommends using a general quality-of-life questionnaire and disease-specific patient-reported outcome measures to assess women with gynecologic malignancies.
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Thresholds for the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score After TKA
Using data from a multicenter study spanning six countries on four continents, Mass General researchers are the first to propose patient-acceptable symptom state cut-points for use of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score after 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
Mechanism of Knee Flexion Differs Between Morphological and Physiological Measurements -
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, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Limb-Salvage Surgery for Upper-Extremity Sarcoma Has Long-term Advantages Over Amputation -
Rachel C. Sisodia, MD
Gynecologic Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical Director, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Medical Director, Patient Reported Outcomes, Partners Healthcare | Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Improving Care for Gynecologic Cancers Through Patient Reported Outcomes -
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
Tourniquet-less Revision TKA a Viable Option for Selected Patients