Expensive detour or a way forward? The experience of routine outcome measurement in an aged care psychiatry service
Australasian Psychiatry, 01/06/0

McKay R et al. - Routine outcome measurement has the potential to significantly improve aged care psychiatric service delivery. The service described has developed a model that the authors believe demonstrates the potential for routine outcome measures to improve the monitoring of patient progress, care planning, team communication, management and the understanding of service effectiveness - goals that are consistent with NOCC philosophy. However, this requires both ongoing development of infrastructure support and the willingness of clinicians to explore their utility.