Methods ICHOM was founded in 2012 to address these challenges. ICHOM brings together
working groups, organised around the medical condition, consisting of patients, health …

Background Healthcare systems around the world experience increasing pressure to control
future growth of healthcare expenditures. Among other initiatives, quality and value-based …

Achieving good patient health outcomes is the fundamental purpose of health care.
Measuring, reporting, and comparing outcomes is perhaps the most important step toward …

The arc of history is increasingly clear: health care is shifting focus from the volume of
services delivered to the value created for patients, with “value” defined as the outcomes …

Aim: Our objectives were to create a conceptual framework for development of standard
outcome measures and to design and pilot test a tool for displaying outcome measures …

Global standardization of outcome measures for disease states can help researchers and
healthcare providers compare healthcare institutions' and populations' health outcomes …

Outcome measurement is becoming increasingly important in palliative care both in
research as well as clinical care. Regular ongoing assessments in palliative care clinical …

The interest in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) continues to increase as
recognition of their potential utility rises in an effort to make health systems more patient …

Abstract Background The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement
(ICHOM) develops condition-specific Standard Sets of outcomes to be measured in clinical …

In a process involving hundreds of scientists in 2002, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
identified high-priority scientific opportunities and needs the agency should pursue. Criteria …