Sheba PROM's – Patient Reported Outcome Measures

For the first time in Israel, Sheba Medical Center is publishing figures regarding the success of its treatments, as reported by the patients. The data utilizes PROM's (Patient Reported Outcome Measures), which determine treatment success rates based on patient reports and according to validated scientific measures.

Disclosing PROM's is another step in the transparency revolution that we started in 2018, when we exclusively published Sheba’s Care and Service Quality Measures based on hospitalization data.

The transparency revolution is led by our vision of a patient-centered perspective. It is intended to provide patients with real information the extent by which we achieved our care and service objectives, in addition to those published annually by the Ministry of Health.

Sheba has been implementing PROM's since 2015, aiming to strive toward continuous improvement in medical staff performance. Since then, it has expanded to many medical fields.

The data is reported by the patients, with no caregiver intervention, using questionnaires relating to quality of life, symptoms and functioning before and after the procedure.

The questionnaires are international questionnaires, scientifically validated and adapted for different conditions. They were implemented at regular intervals before and after every medical procedure.

The information undergoes MCID (Minimal Clinically Important Difference) statistical analysis, reflecting the minimal quantitative change that can be considered clinically significant and under which the change may be related to coincidence or a measurement error.

We are proud to be the first hospital in Israel to involve our patients and the public in the outcomes and we hope that other hospitals will follow suit to enable you to reach an informed decision about the treatment that is best for you.