Tag Archives: Patient Outcomes

How do you use PROs to improve patient care?

By | May 23, 2019

Patients want to be healthy. They want to live longer, function better and have higher wellbeing. How patients feel is best measured by asking them. Few cancer patients these days have not been asked to fill out standardized questionnaires about their symptoms, functioning, and well-being. While these patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are not new to healthcare… Read More »

The Primary Care Workforce: A Brief Review

As the older population in the US continues to grow, simultaneously increasing the need for healthcare services and providers, patients these days might be more likely to see a physician assistant (PA) or a nurse practitioner (NP), as opposed to an physician (MD); but what’s the difference? Let’s start out with some key facts: how… Read More »