Measuring outcomes in psychiatry: an inpatient model.
Jt Comm J Qual Improv
; 22(2): 125-33, 1996 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This article describes a system for measuring outcomes recently implemented in the department of psychiatry of Baptist Memorial Hospital, a 78-bed inpatient and day treatment unit that represents one service line of a large, urban teaching hospital in Memphis. In June 1993 Baptist Hospital began a 15-month pilot test of PsychSentinel, a measurement tool developed by researchers in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Connecticut. The hospital identified the following four primary goals for this pilot project provide data for internal hospital program evaluation, provide data for external marketing in a managed care environment, satisfy requirements of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, and generate studies that add to the literature in psychiatry and psychology. DESCRIPTION OFMEASURE:
PsychSentinel is based on the standardized diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV). The outcome measure assesses the change in the number of symptoms of psychopathology that occurs between admission and discharge from the hospital. Included in the nonproprietary system are risk adjustment factors, as well as access to a national reference database for comparative analysis purposes. Data collection can be done by trained ancillary staff members, with as much or as little direct physician involvement as desired. The system has proven to be both time effective and cost effective, and it provides important outcome information both at the program level and at the clinician level.RESULTS:
After the pilot test, the staff at Baptist Memorial Hospital determined that the system met all initial objectives identified and recently adopted the system as an ongoing measure of quality patient care in the department of psychiatry.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Unidade Hospitalar de Psiquiatria
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Psicometria
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Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Jt Comm J Qual Improv
Assunto da revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article