Implementing routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice: Benefits, challenges, and solutions

This article reviews the benefits, obstacles, and challenges that can hinder (and have hindered) implementation of routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice. Recommendations for future routine outcome assessment efforts are also provided. Spanning three generations, as well as multiple develop...

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Published in:Psychotherapy research Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 6 - 19
Main Authors: Boswell, James F., Kraus, David R., Miller, Scott D., Lambert, Michael J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Routledge 02.01.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Clinical assessment
Clinical medicine
dissemination and implementation
feedback
Humans
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - standards
Psychotherapy - methods
Psychotherapy - standards
routine outcome monitoring
science-practice integration
feedback
dissemination and implementation
science-practice integration
routine outcome monitoring
ISSN:1050-3307, 1468-4381, 1468-4381
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Summary:This article reviews the benefits, obstacles, and challenges that can hinder (and have hindered) implementation of routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice. Recommendations for future routine outcome assessment efforts are also provided. Spanning three generations, as well as multiple developed tools and approaches, the four authors of this article have spent much of their careers working to address these issues and attempt to consolidate this learning and experience briefly here. Potential "elephants in the room" are brought into the discussion wherever relevant, rather than leaving them to obstruct silently the field's efforts. Some of these topics have been largely ignored, yet must be addressed if we are to fulfill our promise of integrating science and practice. This article is an attempt to identify these important issues and start an honest and open dialogue.
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ISSN:1050-3307
1468-4381
1468-4381
DOI:10.1080/10503307.2013.817696