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What is it about?

Behavioral health organizations are expected to use measurement for lots of purposes, but deciding what measures to use can be overwhelming. We present a small set of measures, endorsed by the National Council of Mental Wellbeing, that community behavioral health organizations can use for multiple purposes such as clinical care, quality improvement, accountability, and payment.

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Why is it important?

This paper presents a small set of measures that can meet organizations' multiple needs, making it faster and easier to get measurement done.

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By using this small set of measures that are familiar to policy makers, payers, and medical partners, behavioral health organizations can organize to jointly demonstrate the value of their work.

Deborah Scharf
Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners

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This page is a summary of: Advancing Measurement-Informed Care in Outpatient Community Behavioral Health, Psychiatric Services, August 2024, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240082.
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