A 15-question online survey was developed with input from PCPs, PRO programme leadership and hospital leadership
Question | Response N (%) |
Which primary care site do you mostly practice at? | Selection of PCP sites |
Approximately how many patients do you see each week? | Responses: 114 |
<15 | 12 (11) |
15–30 | 32 (28) |
31–45 | 38 (33) |
>45 | 32 (28) |
How many years have you been in practice? | Responses: 115 |
<5 | 17 (15) |
5–15 | 28 (24) |
16–30 | 44 (38) |
>30 | 26 (23) |
What is your gender? | Responses: 114 |
Male | 45 (39) |
Female | 69 (61) |
Do you currently use smart blocks (boxes to click to fill in patient data) in Epic to write your notes? | Responses: 115 |
Yes | 42 (37) |
No | 73 (63) |
Do you know where to find Patient-reported Outcome Meausures/Patient-reported Data? | Responses: 114 |
Yes | 103 (90) |
No | 11 (10) |
Do you review PROMs/PRD with the patient? | Responses: 115 |
Yes | 89 (77) |
No | 26 (23) |
Are you aware of any patient complaints regarding PROMs/PRD? | Responses: 115 |
Yes | 60 (52) |
No | 55 (48) |
What are the top three barriers to using PROMs/PRD in your opinion? | Responses: 115 |
Of the 9 PROMs/PRD you collect for your patients, how helpful do you find the following questions? | Responses: 1,032* |
Very unhelpful | 64 (6) |
Somewhat unhelpful | 146 (14) |
Neutral | 243 (24) |
Helpful | 310 (30) |
Very Helpful | 212 (21) |
N/A | 57 (6) |
Do you find the review of systems questions helpful | Responses: 115 |
Yes | 76 (66) |
No | 39 (34) |
Are there any other data you wish were collected? | Responses: 114 |
Yes | 87 (76) |
No | 27 (24) |
Please take a look at the following PRD sample output (screenshot of actual PROMs format shown). How easy are these data format to understand? | Responses: 114 |
Very easy | 14 (12) |
Somewhat easy | 29 (25) |
Neutral | 18 (16) |
Difficult | 35 (31) |
Very difficult | 18 (16) |
What would you change about this data presentation? | Free text |
Any other questions, comments or suggestions? | Free text |
*Responses from all nine PROMs/PRD were combined.
PCP, primary care physician; PRO, patient-reported outcome.