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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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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.
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Prophylactic Surgery for Patients at High Risk of Ovarian Cancer Decreases Sexual Function, Quality of Life
Researchers in the Center for Gynecologic Oncology found that among patients at high genetic risk of ovarian cancer who undergo prophylactic surgery, health-related worry and tension decline post-operatively, but sexual dysfunction and short-term quality of life are poorer.
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
Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection After Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
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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
Two-Stage Revision TJA as Salvage for Deep Infection of Periarticular Fracture Internal Fixation
