Table 1. Implementation Steps and Decisions for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Implementation Step	Decisions
1: Determine PRO content and select a measurement tool	1a: Identify stakeholder goals, available resources and barriers for collecting PRO measures
1: Determine PRO content and select a measurement tool	1b: Determine which questionnaire(s) to use
2: Establish local implementation plans	2a: Select the patients to be assessed
	2b: Determine the setting and timing of assessments
	2c: Choose a mode for administering and scoring the questionnaire
	2d: Design processes for reporting results to providers and/or patients
	2e: Identify aids to facilitate score interpretation
	2f: Develop strategies for responding to issues identified by the questionnaires
	2g^*: Identify local champions and key personnel, and prepare tools and materials for training and implementation across practices
	2h^*: Establish systems for electronic data capture of the PRO results in structured, discrete fields
3: Implementation and evaluation of the PRO measure	3a^*: Facilitate and track implementation across practices to ensure adequate data quality, and assess and address barriers
	3b: Evaluate the impact of the PRO implementation on the practice

↵* SAFTINet project additions to the International Society for Quality of Life Research patient-reported outcome guidance.³⁹
PRO, patient-reported outcome.