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Outcomes Measurement in VHA Mental Health Services
An Overview and Series of Diagnosis Specific Short Reports
Policy
Issue: VHA is accountable for the quality
of mental health services provided to its patients. VHA
senior managers asked the VA Technology Assessment Program (VATAP)
to identify the standardized mental health care outcomes measurement
instruments most suitable for routine outcome data collection
and reporting for VHA mental health services.
Assessment:
VATAP produced a series of reports, the first being an overview
of standardized global measures of mental health status, psychiatric
symptoms, and functioning. Included is an Appendix comprising
a glossary of psychometric terms combined with a discussion
of health status measurement issues. VATAP used the background
material in the Appendix to generate provisional selection criteria
for each report in this series.
The Overview is accompanied by two diagnosis-specific "short
reports", each focusing on one of the serious mental illnesses
of concern to VHA and their corresponding instruments for assessing
outcomes of treatment.
Related information:
Read how VHA translates findings on evidence-based practices
to improve quality of care to veterans with mental health disorders:
Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines on mental health
disorders available through the VHA Office of Quality and Performance:
http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/cpg.htm
Information about VHA Mental Health Strategic Health Care Group
(MHSHG), which coordinates VHA's mental health programs: http://vaww.mentalhealth.med.va.gov/
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