Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) research conference
About this event
This conference looked at the role of patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) in improving the quality of care in the NHS.
The conference was for all those interested in researching the ways PROMs data can be used to improve the quality of health care, from methodological developments through methods of dissemination of outcomes to implementation of improvement initiatives based on PROMs data.
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Programme
Programme
Session one: Understanding the measurement properties of PROMS
Welcome and introduction
John Appleby, Chief Economist, The King's Fund
- Setting the scene: progress with the National PROMS Programme
Nick Black, Professor of Health Services Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and DH National PROMs Operations Board - Assessing the performance of the EQ-VAS and analysing hospital variation at the level of EQ-5D dimensions
Professor Nancy Devlin, Director of Research, Office of Health Economics - PROMs risk adjustment: a case-mix approach
James Coles, Director of Research, CHKS - The inter-relationships of measures and metrics
Jan van der Meulen, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Questions and discussion
Session two: Comparing providers
Welcome back
Chair: Nick Black, Professor of Health Services Research, LSHTM and DH National PROMs Operations Board
- Equity of use and outcome of surgery
Jenny Neuburger, Lecturer in Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Longitudinal trends in providers' performance
Andrew Hutchings, Lecturer in Health Services Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Understanding a hospital's PROMs data
Charlotte Wood, Health Intelligence Specialist, Yorkshire and Humber Quality Observatory - Questions and discussion
Session three: Economic applications
Welcome back
Chair: John Appleby, Chief Economist, The King's Fund
- Reasons for variations in hospital outcomes
Andrew Street, Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Health Policy, Centre for Health Economics, University of York - From PROMs to cost per QALY
Sophie Coronini-Cronberg, Public Health Specialty Registrar, The King's Fund - Cost-effectiveness of alternative hip and knee prostheses
Dr Mark Pennington, Lecturer in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Questions and discussions
Session four: Future use of PROMs
Welcome back
Professor David Parkin, Chief Economist, NHS South of England
- Use for individual patients
José M Valderas, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Oxford - PROMs pilot for use in long-term conditions in primary care
Ray Fitzpatrick, Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Oxford - Questions and discussion
Panel discussion: Future research agenda
Chair: Andrew Vallance-Owen, Chair, Department of Health PROMs stakeholder group
- Nick Black, Professor of Health Services Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and DH National PROMs Operations Board
- Professor Nancy Devlin, Director of Research, Office of Health Economics
Presentations
Speaker presentations
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