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Incorporating Results of a Provider Attitudes Survey in Development of an Outcomes Assessment Program

Research Division, pmoriearty(asiumed.edu)

Radmila Bogdanich, MA

SIU Physicians and Surgeons CQI Council

Nina Dexter, MA, LCPC

Department Managed Care Committee, Department CQI Council

Earl Loschen, MD

Psychiatry Department, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

The objective of this study was to obtain information from providers of a behavioral health service and from decision makers for organizations interacting with that service (external contacts) on their attitudes regarding outcomes assessment in their clinical practice. The goal of obtaining the information was to use it in development of a formal Outcomes Assessment Program for the service. The design was a semi-structured interview format, with entry into a computer database and qualitative analysis of responses obtained. Participants included all providers (n = 26) and a purposive sample of external contacts (n = 10) of an academic Department of Psychiatry. Results indicated differences among categories of external contacts regarding priorities of types of outcomes (general health, general mental health, disorder specific, or patient satisfaction) to be shared and absence of concordance within the service about these priorities. No guidelines were available about preferred instruments, though the Global Assessment of Functioning, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Abnormal Involuntary Movements Scale emerged as instruments to be prioritized in the service's program. Physicians and nonphysicians differed in their perceptions as to important barriers and advantages of a clinical outcomes assessment program. In conclusion, the survey raised providers' awareness of outcomes assessment and provided information that was used in developing the service's Outcomes Assessment Program. Components of the Program that were influenced by survey input were priorities of outcomes instruments to be included and their potential audiences, time sequence of Program development, time to be allotted to outcomes assessment in clinical encounters, and content of educational experiences for providers.

American Journal of Medical Quality, Vol. 14, No. 4, 178-184 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/106286069901400405


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