Alerts Based on Critical PROM Scores and Reactions to Alerts
PROM
The percentage of alerts based on critical PROM scores as a share of the patients with hip replacement with available information on the critical values was 8.9% (157 of 1772) at 1 month, 25.6% (454 of 1773) at 3 months, and 24.8% (424 of 1709) at 6 months (eTable 6 in The proportion of treatment changes among patients who visited a physician in the quarter after the PROMs were asked was higher in the group of patients who were called vs those who were not called concerning some changes (eg, change in the aftercare physician at month 3 for patients with hip replacement: 9.8% [8 of 82] vs 2.5% [24 of 960]) but lower concerning other changes (eg, change in physiotherapy at month 3 for patients with hip replacement: 37.8% [31 of 82] vs 42.4% [407 of 960]) (eTable 7 in With the study protocol prescribing every patient with an alert to be called, a subanalysis of study nurses’ notes (eFigure 5 in 