Title |
Implementing for Sustainability: Promoting Use of a Measurement Feedback System for Innovation and Quality Improvement
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Published in |
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, October 2014
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DOI | 10.1007/s10488-014-0607-8 |
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Authors |
Susan Douglas, Suzanne Button, Susan E. Casey |
Abstract |
Measurement feedback systems (MFSs) are increasingly recognized as evidence-based treatments for improving mental health outcomes, in addition to being a useful administrative tool for service planning and reporting. Promising research findings have driven practice administrators and policymakers to emphasize the incorporation of outcomes monitoring into electronic health systems. To promote MFS integrity and protect against potentially negative outcomes, it is vital that adoption and implementation be guided by scientifically rigorous yet practical principles. In this point of view, the authors discuss and provide examples of three user-centered and theory-based principles: emphasizing integration with clinical values and workflow, promoting administrative leadership with the 'golden thread' of data-informed decision-making, and facilitating sustainability by encouraging innovation. In our experience, enacting these principles serves to promote sustainable implementation of MFSs in the community while also allowing innovation to occur, which can inform improvements to guide future MFS research. |
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