TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement-based care in psychiatric practice
T2 - A policy framework for implementation
AU - Harding, Kelli Jane K
AU - Rush, A. John
AU - Arbuckle, Melissa
AU - Trivedi, Madhukar H.
AU - Pincus, Harold Alan
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - This article describes the need for measurement-based care (MBC) in psychiatric practice and defines a policy framework for implementation. Although measurement in psychiatric treatment is not new, it is not standard clinical practice. Thus a gap exists between research and practice outcomes. The current standards of psychiatric clinical care are reviewed and illustrated by a case example, along with MBC improvements. Measurement-based care is defined for clinical practice along with limitations and recommendations. This article provides a policy top 10 list for implementing MBC into standard practice, including establishing clear expectations and guidelines, fostering practice-based implementation capacities, altering financial incentives, helping practicing doctors adapt to MBC, developing and expanding the MBC science base, and engaging consumers and their families. Measurement-based care as the standard of care could transform psychiatric practice, move psychiatry into the mainstream of medicine, and improve the quality of care for patients with psychiatric illness.
AB - This article describes the need for measurement-based care (MBC) in psychiatric practice and defines a policy framework for implementation. Although measurement in psychiatric treatment is not new, it is not standard clinical practice. Thus a gap exists between research and practice outcomes. The current standards of psychiatric clinical care are reviewed and illustrated by a case example, along with MBC improvements. Measurement-based care is defined for clinical practice along with limitations and recommendations. This article provides a policy top 10 list for implementing MBC into standard practice, including establishing clear expectations and guidelines, fostering practice-based implementation capacities, altering financial incentives, helping practicing doctors adapt to MBC, developing and expanding the MBC science base, and engaging consumers and their families. Measurement-based care as the standard of care could transform psychiatric practice, move psychiatry into the mainstream of medicine, and improve the quality of care for patients with psychiatric illness.
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U2 - 10.4088/JCP.10r06282whi
DO - 10.4088/JCP.10r06282whi
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21295000
AN - SCOPUS:79955598477
SN - 0160-6689
VL - 72
SP - 1136
EP - 1143
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
IS - 8
ER -