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From obligation to opportunity: future of patient-reported outcome measures at the Veterans Health Administration.

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Coles, TM; Wilson, SM; Kim, B; Beckham, JC; Kinghorn, WA
Published in: Transl Behav Med
November 25, 2019

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are particularly important in mental health services because patients are the central and essential source of information about their mental health status. PRO measures have the potential to engage patients in meaningful and focused conversations during clinical encounters, but unfortunately they often do not serve this purpose in mental health care. Administration of routine outcome measures has often been viewed by clinicians as an obligatory quality improvement process that takes time away from the clinical encounter. This commentary describes current practical barriers to using PRO measures in practice. Then, focusing specifically on the Veterans Health Administration, a unit of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), we propose processes within which PRO measures in mental health services could support the clinical encounter and enhance patient-centered mental health care. With the increasing number of Accountable Care Organizations and other integrated health-care systems that focus on mental health-care delivery, VA has an opportunity to leverage its long-standing electronic medical record technologies and integrated health system to serve as a model for incorporating PRO measures into mental health-care practices. This commentary provides a vision for the future of mental health delivery by incorporating PRO measures at the VA and in other health-care systems.

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Transl Behav Med

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1613-9860

Publication Date

November 25, 2019

Volume

9

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1157 / 1162

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans Health Services
  • United States
  • Professional-Patient Relations
  • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Adult
  • 52 Psychology
 

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Coles, T. M., Wilson, S. M., Kim, B., Beckham, J. C., & Kinghorn, W. A. (2019). From obligation to opportunity: future of patient-reported outcome measures at the Veterans Health Administration. Transl Behav Med, 9(6), 1157–1162. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz121
Coles, Theresa M., Sarah M. Wilson, Bo Kim, Jean C. Beckham, and Warren A. Kinghorn. “From obligation to opportunity: future of patient-reported outcome measures at the Veterans Health Administration.Transl Behav Med 9, no. 6 (November 25, 2019): 1157–62. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz121.
Coles TM, Wilson SM, Kim B, Beckham JC, Kinghorn WA. From obligation to opportunity: future of patient-reported outcome measures at the Veterans Health Administration. Transl Behav Med. 2019 Nov 25;9(6):1157–62.
Coles, Theresa M., et al. “From obligation to opportunity: future of patient-reported outcome measures at the Veterans Health Administration.Transl Behav Med, vol. 9, no. 6, Nov. 2019, pp. 1157–62. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/tbm/ibz121.
Coles TM, Wilson SM, Kim B, Beckham JC, Kinghorn WA. From obligation to opportunity: future of patient-reported outcome measures at the Veterans Health Administration. Transl Behav Med. 2019 Nov 25;9(6):1157–1162.
Journal cover image

Published In

Transl Behav Med

DOI

EISSN

1613-9860

Publication Date

November 25, 2019

Volume

9

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1157 / 1162

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans Health Services
  • United States
  • Professional-Patient Relations
  • Patient Reported Outcome Measures
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Adult
  • 52 Psychology