Outcomes research seeks to understand the end results of healthcare practices and interventions in order to improve quality of care. It studies the effects of management on individuals and populations. Key aspects measured include mortality, physiological measures, clinical events, patient experiences, and functional status. However, outcomes research requires significant time and funding to conduct rigorous methodology, which can be difficult to sustain over the long term. As healthcare is constantly evolving, outcomes research is an ongoing process to discover solutions to problems.

1. What is an outcomes
research?
Virginia Vega
MSN 601
Dr. Catherine Chung
Touro University

2. OUTCOMES RESEARCH
 Seeks to understand the end results of particular health care practices and
interventions.
 Key to evolving better method to monitor and enhance the value of care.
 It is a study about the effects of management on individuals and populations

3. Selected Health Outcome Information
Websites
 AcademyHealth
 Agency for healthcare Research
and Quality
 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
 Harvard College Library health
Data Resources
 Health Care Excel
 http://www.academyhealth.org
 http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/outco
mix.htm
 http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Me
dicare-Fee-for-Service-
Payments/sharedsavingsprogram/Q
uality_Measures_Standards.htm
 http://guides.library.Harvard.edu/
content.php?pid=176649&sid=1487
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 http://www.hce.org/index.php/m
edicare/hospitals/10-medicare/81-
hospital-resources

4. Selected Health Outcome Information
Websites
 Institute for healthcare
Improvement
 The Joint Commission
 National Cancer Institute
 National Committee foe Quality
Assurance
 Patient-Centered Outcomes
Research Institute
 University of Iowa College of
Nursing
 http://www.ihi.org
 http://www.jointcomission.org
 http://outcomes.cancer.gov
 http://www.ncqa.org
 http://www.pcori.org/research-
we-support/pcor/
 http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/cn
cce/nursing-outcomes-
classification-overview

5. Aspects and measures used for
positive health outcomes:
 Mortality
 Physiologic measures
 Clinical events
 Patient’s clinical manifestation
 Functional measurements
 Patient’s experiences with care
 Patient’s decision making

6. Mortality- example is specific to an infant’s death
Physiologic Measures- like blood pressure, vital signs
Clinical events- Stroke, MI, Clinical diagnosis
Clinical Manifestations- Symptoms like difficulty breathing, chest pain
Functional Measures- example is health surveys
Patient’s experiences with care - example is qualitative research
Patient’s Decision Making- information dissemination has a great impact on
decision making

7. An aspect that can come to waste
The time spent in methodology. The more time used, the
more funds needed. It will be difficult to keep the
sustainability.

8. Because evaluating outcomes is not
static, it is an ongoing process. We
live in a changing world, so we
have to continue to discover
solutions to a problem.

9. References
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.pcori.org/about-us
Schmidt, N., & Brown, J. (n.d.). Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses Appraisal and Application of Research
(3rd ed.). Burlington, Massachussets: Jones&Bartlett Learning.
U.S Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). Retrieved from Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality: https://www.ahrq.gov/