Brought to you by:
SVS empowers surgeons with patient-reported outcomes toolkits
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Quality Improvement Committee has developed toolkits aimed at enhancing patient care and outcomes by integrating patient-reported outcomes (PROs) into clinical practice. These resources are set to transform how healthcare professionals interact with and understand…
Surgeons relate patient-reported outcomes experiences
Ashley K. Vavra, MD, and Christopher J. Smolock, MD, talk to Vascular Specialist about why they decided to collect patient-reported outcomes (PROs), how they got started with them and the challenges they have faced. Vavra is a member and Smolock…
Introducing patient-reported outcomes into the VQI
Vascular specialists have long recognized that there is more to the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) than the immediate procedural success and early outcomes. The patient experience should not only be measured in clinical outcomes such as patency or…
Patient-reported outcomes: What are they and why should I care about them?
SVS Performance Committee members Mounir Haurani, MD, and Jose Almeida, MD, weigh up the importance of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and how they can be effectively deployed in practice. MH: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are direct reports from the patient of their…