Incorporating Health Status in Routine Care to Improve Health Care Value: The VA Patient Reported Health Status Assessment (PROST) System.

The article discusses the importance of monitoring personal health outcomes to improve quality of healthcare in the U.S. with focus on the Veterans Affairs (VA) Patient Reported Health Status Assessment (PROST) system model. Topics discussed include the guidelines by the National Quality Forum on the measurement of outcomes, the thrust from volume-based to quality-based health care results and the VA clinical assessment reporting and tracking (CART) program.