PART 2: CAN IMPROVEMENT IN OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN PLASTIC SURGERY BE ACHIEVED IN TODAY'S HEALTH SYSTEMS?

Being able to accurately measure relevant constructs is particularly valuable in plastic surgery, where the objective of treatment may range across improving hand function, identifying satisfaction with breast reconstruction, or establishing quality of life changes from surgery. This matters in research applications such as clinical trials, and for quality assurance of surgery through routine data collection in clinical practice. The technical aspects of refining measurement to ensure that it is accurate and the process for selecting outcome measures have both been described in recent articles in this journal.

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