Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Collection Systems in Orthopaedic Clinical Practice.

The recent emphasis on the electronic collection of patient health information has catalyzed the development of numerous platforms for capturing electronic patient-reported outcome measures (EPROMs).

There are several important considerations for selecting the most
appropriate PROM for each orthopaedic practice.

In this article, we evaluate various aspects of PROMs, examine the challenges and obstacles that are associated with routine collection, and review 6 commonly used electronic collection systems for orthopaedic clinical practice.