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. 2022 Dec 25;8:20552076221145420. doi: 10.1177/20552076221145420

Table 6.

Practice and research implications of the proposed patient-centered measurement (PCM) method.

Strengths:
  • Patient-Centered measurement (PCM) Team Mapping may identify new roles, tasks and issues for primary care clinics that require attention, especially in resource-limited settings.

  • Longitudinal Care Alignment can disclose different views of care-team members toward PCM and their workflows that vary depending on expected roles in relation to PCM data collection and use.

  • Digital Tool Exploration can enhance understanding of the level of patient, care team and technology readiness and help determine when, where and how PCM can be implemented to improve patient-team interactions and team performance.

  • Team-based Quality Improvement can be an extension to existing panel management initiatives already familiar to clinics, and supported at the region.

  • Shared Learning may identify opportunities for patients to have their care needs validated and care team members to learn about what matters most to patients.

Current gaps:
  • Expansion of PCM adoption effort to include (a). PCM-relevant, tailored online resources to help patients learn about themselves and possible strategies for managing their own health and (b) resources for clinicians to interpret PCM data.

  • Digital options to incorporate PCM into primary care, especially in resource-limited settings, are viewed as problematic if not integrated.

  • Human and fiscal resources will be needed to incorporate PCM data, expanded queries and follow-up actions as part of ongoing quality improvement.

  • The next step in conducting advanced analytics and developing actions requires team members who understand population level analysis which can be translated to a clinical level.

  • Current fee-for-service structure does not encourage reimbursement for PCM collection, use and sharing.

  • Transferability of the PCM methods to other patient populations and context