What Is Measurement-Based Care?
Measurement-Based Care (MBC) is defined as the routine collection and use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) throughout treatment to guide clinical decision making 1 . It is important to note that MBC is a clinical process that is distinct from the basic completion of assessment tools.
There are four key components to implementing MBC, which we call
the “Four C’s”
CONSISTENT assessments throughout a client’s treatment.
CUSTOMIZED assessments to the clients presenting issues, symptoms, and goals.
CLIENT VISIBILITY is provided into assessment results and overall progress.
COLLABORATION between the client and clinician on treatment goals, identifying progress, and in session through discussion and evalutating assessment results.
Increasingly, MBC is perceived as a core component of delivering evidence-based behavioral health care².
3.5x
Higher likelihood of clients achieving long-term and reliable changes 3 .
42%
Higher overall improvement in clinical symptoms4.
40%
Lower dropout and cancellation rates5.
1. Scott, K., & Lewis, C. C. (2015). Using measurement-based care to enhance any treatment. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 22(1), 49-59. 2. The Kennedy Forum (2015). Issue Brief: A National Call for Measurement-Based Care in the Delivery of Behavioral Health Services. 3. Slade, K., et al. (2008). Improving Psychotherapy Outcome: The Use of Immediate Electronic Feedback and Revised Clinical Support Tools. 4. Lambert, M. J. (2013). Outcome in Psychotherapy: The Past and Important Advances. 5. Bohanske, R. T., & Franczak, M. (2010). Transforming public behavioral health care: A case example of consumer-directed services, recovery, and the common factors.
IMPACT ON DIRECT CLIENT CARE
- Empower Clients:
Clients will better understand their mental health, helping them engage in care respond to the ups and downs of treatment. - Improve Therapeutic Alliance:
An enhanced understanding of their mental health and the treatment process helps improve client-clinician communication and relationship. - Enhance Client Care:
Improve outcomes, increase client engagement and reduce dropout rates.
IMPACT AT THE ORGANIZATION LEVEL
- Supervision and Care Management:
Realtime objective data on every client in treatment. Bring the client’s voice into clinical supervision, and easily identify off- track cases. - Drive Quality Improvement:
Understand the impact/efficacy of each program or care pathway, develop organizational benchmarks and drive continuous service improvement - Advocate to Funders:
Demonstrate efficacy of services and advocate to payors and key stakeholders.
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