Rehabilitation outcomes research and the NCMRR Boston Contemporary Outcome Measurement Network

The Boston Contemporary Outcome Research Network aims to enhance the capability of medical rehabilitation researchers to understand outcome measurement, develop and refine measures of key rehabilitation outcomes, and thus improve rehabilitation clinical trial and related research. This theme is particularly relevant given the demand from payers, policy makers, clinicians and consumers for evidence to support the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions. Recent advances in patient reported outcomes, performance-based outcome measures, and instrumented outcome measures have made it possible to overcome many of the limitations of traditional outcome measures. These efforts have implications for public health research and policy.