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Published in: Community Mental Health Journal 2/2011

Open Access 01-04-2011 | Brief Report

Routine Outcomes Monitoring to Support Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Report from the VA Mental Health QUERI

Authors: Alexander S. Young, Noosha Niv, Matthew Chinman, Lisa Dixon, Susan V. Eisen, Ellen P. Fischer, Jeffrey Smith, Marcia Valenstein, Stephen R. Marder, Richard R. Owen

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 2/2011

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Abstract

In schizophrenia, treatments that improve outcomes have not been reliably disseminated. A major barrier to improving care has been a lack of routinely collected outcomes data that identify patients who are failing to improve or not receiving effective treatments. To support high quality care, the VA Mental Health QUERI used literature review, expert interviews, and a national panel process to increase consensus regarding outcomes monitoring instruments and strategies that support quality improvement. There was very good consensus in the domains of psychotic symptoms, side-effects, drugs and alcohol, depression, caregivers, vocational functioning, and community tenure. There are validated instruments and assessment strategies that are feasible for quality improvement in routine practice.
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Metadata
Title
Routine Outcomes Monitoring to Support Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Report from the VA Mental Health QUERI
Authors
Alexander S. Young
Noosha Niv
Matthew Chinman
Lisa Dixon
Susan V. Eisen
Ellen P. Fischer
Jeffrey Smith
Marcia Valenstein
Stephen R. Marder
Richard R. Owen
Publication date
01-04-2011
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9328-y

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