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The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System [1] (PROMIS) provides clinicians and researchers access to reliable, valid, and flexible measures of health status that assess physical, mental, and social well–being from the patient perspective. PROMIS measures are standardized, allowing for assessment of many patient-reported ...
A clinical decision support system (CDSS) is a health information technology that provides clinicians, staff, patients, and other individuals with knowledge and person-specific information to help health and health care. CDSS encompasses a variety of tools to enhance decision-making in the clinical workflow.
At present, individual health data are located primarily on paper in physicians' files. Patient portals have been developed to give patients better access to their information. Given patient mobility and the development of clear interoperable standards, the best documentation of patient medical history may involve data stored outside physician ...
The assessment is individualized based on the physician’s practice and the concerns of the referring organization. [4] The actual assessment includes structured clinical interviews, simulated patient encounters and written testing. This testing is overseen by a board-certified physician who acts as an associate medical director (AMD). This ...
Wiklund I., Assessment of patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials: the example of health-related quality of life, Fundam Clin Pharmacol. 2004 Jun;18(3):351-63. Willke RJ, Burke LB, Erickson P., Measuring treatment impact: a review of patient-reported outcomes and other efficacy endpoints in approved product labels, Control Clin Trials ...
The Patient Health Questionnaire 2 item (PHQ-2) is an ultra-brief screening instrument containing the first two questions from the PHQ-9. [ 8 ] : 3 Two screening questions to assess the presence of a depressed mood and a loss of interest or pleasure in routine activities , and a positive response to either question indicates further testing is ...
Health Communications Network was acquired by Primary Healthcare Ltd in February 2005. [2]The company was rebranded as MedicalDirector in 2014. [3] MedicalDirector provides electronic health records, patient management, billing, scheduling, care coordination, information on medicines, clinical content, and population health management services for general practitioners, and specialists in the ...
To provide the safe and effective delivery of medical care, virtually all clinical staff use a number of front-line health informatics tools in their day-to-day operations. The need for standardization and refined development of these tools is underscored by the HITECH Act and other efforts to develop electronic medical records .