What is a POEM?
POEM stands for Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters™.
POEMs have to meet three criteria:
- They address a question that we face as clinicians.
- They measure outcomes that we and our patients care about: symptoms, morbidity, quality of life, and mortality.
- They have the potential to change the way we practice.
Because POEMs are valid, improve important patient outcomes and change what we do, we have an obligation as clinicians to know about them. Essential Evidence Plus makes sure that you know about all the POEMs, all the time.