J Hand Surg Glob Online 2023 Jul 16;5(4):492-497. Epub 2022 Aug 16.
Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
As health care systems globally shift toward optimizing value, defined as health outcomes achieved per dollar spent across a full cycle of care, there has been increasing focus on using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to gauge success. Patient-reported outcome measures are validated questionnaires that allow patients to share their health status across several domains (eg, pain or physical function). This trend has been particularly notable in hand surgery, with PROM use investigated for many common hand conditions, including carpal tunnel syndrome, Dupuytren contracture, trigger finger, osteoarthritis, and wrist ganglion. Read More