Speakers
Richard Gliklich, MD
CEO, OM1, Inc.
Michelle B. Leavy, MPH
Head, Healthcare Research and Policy
OM1, Inc.
Elise Berliner, PhD
Director, Technology Assessment Program
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement (CEPI)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Topic
Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Research and Clinical Practice
Keywords
Health outcomes; Patient-centered outcomes; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Patient registries; Clinical data; Patient-reported outcomes; Value-based care; Electronic health records; Learning health system; Conceptual framework
Key Points
- The goal of the Outcome Measures Framework is to create a common conceptual model for classifying the range of outcomes that are relevant to patients and providers across most conditions.
- Harmonization of outcome measures is essential to comparing and aggregating results between and among registries, clinical research, and quality reporting, and to facilitating performance and value-based measurement.
- A minimum measure set is the minimum set of harmonized measures that can be captured consistently in research and clinical practice.
- Developing the framework used a stakeholder-driven process that categorized outcomes as clinical responses, patient-reported, survival, resource utilization, and events of interest for a sample set of 5 clinical areas.
Discussion Themes
The benefits of developing a core set of measures include reduced clinician burden and improved patient care.
How is this work informing the HL7 work group that is defining standards for registries?
Next steps include implementation of the minimum measure sets in EHRs, registries, and other research efforts; demonstrating the value of a minimum measure set; and encouraging adoption of the measures.
Learn more about AHRQ’s Outcome Measures Framework.
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