Nephrology News and Issues, May 2021
Clinicians can improve care with measures linked to patient experiences
Authors: Mark E. Neumann
Perspective: Wael Hussein, Fredric Finkelstein, Michael Germain
Background:
Part of the challenge of bringing PROMs to the forefront in the United States is that federal agencies, like CMS, have focused only on clinical measures, ignoring the patient side of the equation, Wael Hussein, MD, senior director of clinical research at Satellite Healthcare and an adjunct professor at Stanford School of Medicine, told Nephrology News & Issues.