Per the notice below, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) has issued materials on patient-reported experience and outcome measures in research and clinical practice.

Now Available: Presentations Summaries from CAHPS Virtual Research Meeting on “Patient-Reported Experience and Outcome Measures in Research and Clinical Practice”

On September 17, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS^®) program hosted a free virtual research meeting to explore the differences between patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), how they are connected, and how they can be used to measure and improve the quality and value of healthcare.  The CAHPS Research Meeting shared current research on the following questions:

• What are the differences between PREMs and PROMs?
• How are PREMs and PROMs interconnected?
• How can PREMs and PROMs best be used to improve quality and promote value-based healthcare?
• What are future directions for PREMs and PROMs research and use in clinical practice?

Eugene Nelson, D.Sc., Professor of the Dartmouth Institute and of Community and Family Medicine Emeritus, presented the keynote address on “How Patient Experience and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Are Interconnected.”  Select to access the summary of presentations.  For questions, please contact the CAHPS User Network at cahps1@westat.com or 1-800-492-9261.