Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Clinical Workflow

Ida Sim, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF.  Recording patient reported outcomes (PROs) in real time between visits, versus by patient recall during visits, allows patients to monitor and self-manage their health and capture a more comprehensive picture of their health status and overall health experience.  Despite the value of this clinical information, PRO use in primary care is limited by challenges in PRO collection, patient engagement, and clinical workflow integration.  Newer standards-based technologies such as SMART-on-FHIR enable seamless integration of externally collected PROs into frontline care.  Dr. Sim discusses how PROs are being used at UCSF.