Health information technology can support the development of national learning health and
care systems, which can be defined as health and care systems that continuously use data …

Executive summary Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing …

Background Providing health professionals with quantitative summaries of their clinical
performance when treating specific groups of patients (“feedback”) is a widely used quality …

Ninety percent of health care systems now offer patient portals to access electronic health
records (EHRs) in the United States, but only 15% to 30% of patients use these platforms …

If the core aim of a healthcare system is to minimise both illness and treatment burden while
reducing the costs of care delivery, then we must accept, however reluctantly, that our efforts …

Our ability to evaluate outcomes which genuinely reflect patients' unmet needs, hopes and
concerns is of pivotal importance. However, much current clinical research and practice falls …

This is the third in a three part series of reports presenting current evidence on
patientreported outcome measures (PROMs). It presents findings from systematic analysis of …

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) provide important insights into patients' own perspectives
about their health and medical condition, and there is evidence that their use can lead to …

Patients at the center of care is often the stated focus of clinicians and healthcare services.
The quality and safety movement has shown that effective organization of care is needed, in …

Abstract Background and Aims Success in delivering value-based healthcare involves
measuring outcomes that matter most to patients. Our aim was to develop a minimum …