Newsweek reported on how patients are increasingly turning to Patient-Reported Outcome Measures, or PROMs, to identify potential gaps in patient experience, featuring insight from Mathias P. Bostrom, MD, associate surgeon-in-chief and director of quality and safety at HSS.

For many clinicians, PROMs are becoming something akin to a new vital sign. The implications extend far beyond patient satisfaction scores. PROMs are increasingly influencing how hospitals evaluate treatments, allocate resources and prepare for reimbursement changes tied to value-based care.

Dr. Bostrom shared PROMs have been part of HSS's care model since the 1990s, but their role has evolved dramatically over the past decade.

“It’s morphed from a research tool to something that’s really measuring quality and measuring how well patients are doing,” he said.

Read the full article at newsweek.com.