Intelligent outcome measures in liaison psychiatry: essential even if not desirable: Commentary on ... a multidimensional Framework for Routine Outcome Measurement in Liaison Psychiatry (FROM-LP) [Special articles]

Service development is guided by outcome measures that inform service commissioners and providers. Those in liaison psychiatry should be encouraged to develop a positive approach that integrates the collection of outcome measures into everyday clinical practice. The Framework for Routine Outcome Measurement in Liaison Psychiatry (FROM-LP) is a very useful tool to measure service quality and clinical effectiveness, using a combination of clinician-rated and patient-rated outcome measures and patient-rated experience measures. However, it does not include measures of cost-effectiveness or training activities. The FROM-LP is a significant step towards developing nationally unified outcome measures.
Source: Psychiatric Bulletin - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Special articles Source Type: research