PROMs in Clinical Research: A Project Showcase!
Join us for an insightful and inspiring session where early career investigators lead the way in demonstrating the transformative power of PROMs in clinical care and research. Rose L. Molina, MD, MPH Obstetrician-Gynecologist, The Dimock Center Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School Lawrence Director, Professionalism, Humanism, and Health Equity in Medicine Danny Young-Afat, MD, PhD, MHSc Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Amsterdam University Medical Center Co-Founder, Utrecht cohort for Multiple BREast cancer intervention studies and Long-term evaLuAtion (UMBRELLA) John Barbieri, MD, MBA Director, Advanced Acne Therapeutics Clinic, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Co-chair, American Academy of Dermatology Acne Guidelines Work Group Associate Editor, JAMA Dermatology Isaac Chua, MD, MPH Palliative Care Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Raising the Bar: PROMs & Healthcare Quality
Dr. Friedberg will discuss the payer’s perspective on patient-reported outcome measures for quality and performance improvement. Dr. Liu will present an overview of the steps that the American College of Surgeons has taken to incorporate patient-reported outcomes into the national surgical quality improvement paradigm. Mark Friedberg, MD, MPP Senior Vice President of Performance Measurement & Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Jason Liu, MD, MS Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lead Faculty for Research and Innovation, PROVE Center Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Using AI to Unlock the Power of PROMs for Prediction and Decision Making
In this talk, Dr. Chris Gibbons will discuss how the future of PRO assessment could be guided by recent advances in computational language modelling and generative AI. He will give a critical overview of the state-of-the-art for assessing PROs, and other health-related latent constructs, using natural language processing techniques. Dr. Roberts will discuss how incorporating PROMs into machine learning-based predictive models can improve model performance. Chris Gibbons, PhD Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Symptom Research Director, MD Anderson Center for INSPiRED Cancer Care (Integrated Systems for Patient-Reported Data) Chief, Section of Patient-Centered Analytics Thomas Roberts, MD, MBA Head and Neck Oncologist and Associate Director of Quality and Safety, MGH Cancer Center Clinical Director, Oncology Services Mass General Brigham
The Evolving Landscape of PROMs in Healthcare
In this first session, Dr. Pusic will kick off our PROMs Summer School Series with a brief overview of the weeks to come and provide an introduction to the science of PROMs. Then, Dr. Mou will share the creation and successful implementation of a bariatric surgery PROMs program that has high response rates and generates clinically meaningful data that enhances patient-centered care. Andrea Pusic, MD, MHS– Director, PROVE Center, BWH Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BWH Professor, Harvard Medical School Medical Director, MGB PROMs Danny Mou, MD, MPH- Bariatric Surgeon, Washington University Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Fellowship, Emory University Past Fellow, PROVE Center