04/01/26

Developing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures of Timely Experience of Diagnosis (PROMOTE-Dx) for Cancer: Survey and Quality Measure Development Report.

Anhang Price, Rebecca; Berdahl, Carl T; Bradley, Melissa A; Marsolais, Elizabeth; Pevnick, Joshua M; Schlang, Danielle; Tolpadi, Anagha Alka; Ye, Feifei; O'Hanlon, Claire E.

Summary

Patient reporting is crucial for flagging problems to inform diagnostic accuracy improvement efforts. This report describes the development and evaluation of PROMOTE-Dx, a survey-based patient-reported measure for assessing timely cancer diagnosis. Healthcare organizations can use PROMOTE-Dx to evaluate and enhance the timeliness of cancer diagnoses.
Anhang Price R, Berdahl CT, Bradley MA, et al. Developing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures of Timely Experience of Diagnosis (PROMOTE-Dx) for Cancer: Survey and Quality Measure Development Report. RAND; 2026.