Using a Learning Health System to Improve Physical Therapy Care for Patients With Intermittent Claudication: Lessons Learned From the ClaudicatioNet Quality System.
Anneroos Sinnige, Steffie Spruijt, Mickey Saes, Philip J Van der Wees, Thomas J Hoogeboom, Joep A W Teijink
PMID 34723323WHAT IT FOUND
No patient outcomes are reported, so there is no finding to act on.
What this paper is
This is a lessons-learned article describing how a Dutch physical therapy network built a quality system for patients with intermittent claudication. It covers stakeholder collaboration, data infrastructure, outcome selection, and feedback to therapists, but it does not report a study with methods or an evaluation of patient outcomes, so there is no finding to act on.
Declared interests
The supplied article text does not include a conflict-of-interest declaration. The publication types list research support from a non-U.S. government source.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that the quality system improved patient care. The article describes implementation and reports no evaluation of patient outcomes.