How Patient Reported Outcomes Can Improve Patient Care Jennifer Flythe, MD

<p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class= "normaltextrun"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; color: #2e2e2e;">People with kidney disease receiving dialysis have poor health-related quality of life.</span></span> <span class="normaltextrun"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt;">By considering biomedical and patient-reported outcomes when conducting research and measuring care quality, we can enrich our understanding of patient experiences and identify opportunities to improve patient health status by aligning treatment goals with issues important to patients.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="eop"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"> <span class="normaltextrun"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; color: #2e2e2e;">In this episode of GMO Dialogues, Dr. Jennifer Flythe,</span></span> <span class= "normaltextrun"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; color: #4f4f4f;">Associate Professor of Medicine at UNC School of Medicine, discusses Patient Related Outcome Measures and how they can improve the quality of patient care.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; color: #4f4f4f;"> </span></span></p>