In a climate of increasing accountability within speech pathology services, the purpose of
this study was to document the experiences of Australian speech pathologists' use of …

Background: Outcome measurement is important to clinical practice—yet outcome many
speech and language therapists find it difficult to apply measures in practice, and not all …

Outcomes information contributes to the provision of quality services: sharing that
information requires speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to use terminology readily …

Background: The use of outcome measures to monitor improved quality of care has been
advocated for 20 years but has only achieved prominence with the increasing resource …

The jury is still out as to whether the marriage of healthcare professionals with outcome
measurement is going to lead to satisfaction and healthy offspring. Hesketh and Sage, in …

Speech and language therapy aims to effect different aspects of the patient's difficulties
according to the underlying disorder. This pilot study aimed to investigate whether different …

Part 1: The aim of this study was to discover the common approaches to service delivery
used by speech pathologists in rural, remote and regional Australia, which factors affect the …

The Therapy Outcome Measure (TOM) aims to provide Speech and Language Therapists
(SLT) with a practical tool to measure outcomes of care by providing a quick and simple …

Objective. The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable measure of therapy
outcome for three allied health professions in Australia: speech pathology, occupational …

Within health service provision worldwide, the issue of how best to spend scarce resources
is unlikely to disappear. In North America, Europe, and Australasia, the need to ensure that …