Manitoba’s Patient-Reported Measurement Strategy

The Importance of Patient-Reported Measures

Balancing the optimal use of health care resources while providing high-quality, patient-centred care, is a top priority of Manitoba’s health system transformation. To achieve this, we need to understand whether our health care services are providing value to patients. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) are key metrics of patient-centred care that complement other health data with information about how our healthcare system is performing from the perspective of those who use it.

A Framework for Manitoba

Manitoba’s Patient-Reported Measurement (PRM) Strategy is a province-wide vision for how PROMs and PREMs can be used to strengthen patient-centred care. The strategy outlines a coordinated approach to collecting, interpreting, and using PRM data to understand what matters most to patients and how well our health system is meeting their needs. CHI supports the provincial implementation of this strategy by providing infrastructure, tools, and expertise that enable health system partners to integrate PROMs and PREMs into real-world practice.

Next Steps

By building on our strengths, local expertise, and partnerships, Manitoba can increase the use of PRM data to improve patient-centred care. Our immediate focus will be on developing infrastructure and training opportunities to address methodological and operational challenges. In addition, we will focus on demonstrating the feasibility and value of PRM data to inform health system decisions through pilot projects where we will identify methodological and implementation challenges that will inform a future and comprehensive approach.