Fierce Healthcare October 23, 2023
Two-thirds of patients receiving three months of outpatient therapy will not reach remission, a new analysis of behavioral health therapy outcomes data reveals.
The analysis was conducted by Blueprint, a startup focused on enabling measurement-based care for mental health practitioners, and was complemented by a new framework for communicating, comparing and improving outcomes at the national level.
Practitioners can use the framework, known as the Blueprint Quality Index (BQI), to track quality improvement over time as well as assess the effect of programmatic or infrastructure changes on patient outcomes.
Measurement-based care is evidence-based and improves clinical outcomes. Outcome measures are assessments that measure change in patients’ functioning, performance or participation over time.
Systematic outcome measurement can greatly strengthen...