What is it about?
This report describes the experience of seven prosthetic clinics in collecting patient-reported outcomes data and using it to improve quality of services.
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Why is it important?
Prosthetic clinics in the United States must attain accreditation in order to receive reimbursement from Medicare. The accreditation process requires clinics to establish and implement performance management plans and quality improvement (QI) activities...but practices vary widely, and patients' functional goals and gains are rarely incorporated in the process.
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Where there's a will, there's a way. These P&O clinics are champions in going above and beyond accreditation requirements in collecting and utilizing outcomes information to improve patient care experiences.
Allen Heinemann
Northwestern University
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This page is a summary of: Enhancing quality of prosthetic services with process and outcome information, Prosthetics and Orthotics International, April 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0309364616637957.
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