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# Virtual Meeting on Device Patient-Reported Outcomes
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/virtual-meeting-on-device-patient-reported-outcomes/
- Published: 2020-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T16:18:30.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5147035

FDA has announced a 9/30 virtual public meeting entitled “Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and Medical Device Investigations: From Conception to Implementation.” The meeting is intended to discuss the benefits and challenges of incorporating patient perspectives in regulatory decision making using PRO instruments.

The meeting is part of CDRH’s commitment to include the patient’s voice during the design and evaluation of medical devices. “The use of well-developed patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments helps to accomplish this in a structured, well-defined, and reliable way,” a [Center notice](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/workshops-conferences-medical-devices/virtual-public-meeting-patient-reported-outcomes-pros-and-medical-device-investigations-conception?ref=fdaweb.com) says. “These instruments (also called tools) include questionnaires, diaries, and numeric rating scales used to collect information directly from the patient about their health status and are not subject to interpretation by a healthcare provider or outside observer. Increasingly, PRO instruments are being used in clinical care to help evaluate medical conditions, being integrated into clinical investigations, and of importance to payers and regulators.”