Development and Evaluation of a Patient-Centered Approach to Assess Quality of Care: Patient-Reported Outcomes-Based Performance Measures (PRO-PMs) [Methods Study], 6 U.S. States, 2016-2020

Patient-reported outcome measures, or PROMs, ask patients how they feel and what activities they can do in daily life. Patients receiving cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy, often have side effects. PROMs can help cancer centers know if patients are getting high-quality care that helps manage their side effects.
In this study, the research team wanted to

Learn from patients and clinicians, like doctors and nurses, what side effects are important to track during chemotherapy
Create PROMs that can measure important side effects of chemotherapy

The research team also wanted to test the PROMs to see

If patients find them easy to complete
If the PROMs can detect differences in how well cancer centers control patients' treatment side effects