Editorial Commentary: Is the Information Gathered From Patient-Reported Outcome Worth the Time and Effort? Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Data Collection Systems Result in Poor Response Rate.

There is an increasing demand for quality metrics and patient-reported outcomes from government agencies and insurance carriers. However, electronic patient-reported outcomes fail to achieve a significant response rate because they are too long and complicated. It is suggested that outcome scores for quality metrics need to be simplified to increase the response rate.