There is an increased emphasis on patient-centered care through assessment of healthcare issues and surgical outcomes that are important to patients, as well as a larger set of tools available to measure and track these patient reported outcomes. Thus, it is important for thoracic surgeons to understand, interpret, and use these measures of patient-centered care.

*Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Moderators

Elizabeth David (Commercial Relationships: Astra Zeneca: Consultant Advisory/Board: Medtronic; Consultant Advisory/Board)

Digital Moderators

David Cooke

Presentations:

1. The integration of patient-reported outcomes into routine patient care - Thomas Varghese

2. The integration of patient-reported outcomes in quality improvement and research - Joseph Phillips

3. Examples of the use of clinical decision support tools to ensure high quality shared decision making and impact patient-reported outcomes - Robert Meguid

(Commercial Relationships: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Research Grant)

4. Panel Discussion

5. Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Disparities in Lung Cancer Care - Jeremiah Martin

6. Predicting Likelihood of Surgical Intervention for Lung Cancer Patients Utilizing Patient-Reported Health Measures - Onkar Khullar

7. Lung Cancer Screening in a Safety-Net Health System: Few False Positives and Few Complications from Diagnostic Procedures and Treatment - Cherie Erkmen

8. Panel Discussion