Steps for Implementing Measurement-Based Care: Implementation Planning Guide Development and Use in Quality Improvement

Although the benefits of measurement-based care (MBC) are widely noted, MBC remains underutilized in mental health services. In 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration began the MBC in Mental Health Initiative to implement MBC as a standard of care across VHA mental...

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Published in:Psychological services 2020-08, Vol.17 (3), p.247-261
Main Authors: Dollar, Katherine M., Kirchner, JoAnn E., DePhilippis, Dominick, Ritchie, Mona J., McGee-Vincent, Pearl, Burden, Jennifer L., Resnick, Sandra G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Government Agencies
Health behavior
Health care policy
Health services
Human
Implementation
Measurement
Mental Health
Mental health care
Mental Health Services
Military hospitals
Military Veterans
Planning
Quality Control
Quality management
Quality of Services
Teams
Treatment Planning
Veterans
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Summary:Although the benefits of measurement-based care (MBC) are widely noted, MBC remains underutilized in mental health services. In 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration began the MBC in Mental Health Initiative to implement MBC as a standard of care across VHA mental health services. Subsequently, in January 2018 The Joint Commission (TJC) revised their behavioral health care standards to require implementation of MBC. Based on key informant interviews with early adopters across VHA, we developed an MBC Implementation Planning Guide to support implementation of MBC in diverse mental health settings. In this article, we present the MBC Implementation Planning Guide, describe how it was developed, and suggest a process for its use by implementation teams within an overall quality improvement framework to support implementation of MBC consistent with local context and TJC requirements.
ISSN:1541-1559
1939-148X
DOI:10.1037/ser0000368