Producing “progress” through the implementation of outcome monitoring in alcohol and other drug treatment

M Savic, R Fomiatti - Contemporary Drug Problems, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Outcome monitoring—a process in which clinicians use standardized tools to routinely
measure client “progress” on predefined outcomes of interest over time—is increasingly …

Optimizing clinical care through implementation of outcome monitoring systems

P Lawrinson, A Roche, J Copeland - Drugs: Education, Prevention …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Traditional 'one-off'research studies are no longer considered sufficient to demonstrate the
effectiveness of treatment programs. State-mandated clinical and administrative databases …

Engaging stakeholders in review and recommendations for models of outcome monitoring for substance abuse treatment

B Rush, G Martin, L Corea, NK Rotondi - Substance use & misuse, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We present an example of a collaborative process designed to review models of outcome
monitoring for substance abuse services, with a view to assessing the feasibility of different …

Prioritizing measures to assess performance of drug treatment services: a Delphi process with funders, treatment providers and service‐users

R Stirling, S Nathan, A Ritter - Addiction, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aim While many studies have examined outcome measurement as part of
clinical trials and routine outcome collection at the person‐level in alcohol and other drug …

Why we stopped using the term 'aftercare'

SJ MacLean, G Caluzzi, M Ferry, A Bruun… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The words we choose to describe alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatments and
interventions reveal assumptions about how we understand AOD use. Moreover, they have …

Routine outcome measurement in specialist non‐government alcohol and other drug treatment services: Establishing effectiveness indicators for the NADA base

PJ Kelly, FP Deane, EL Davis, S Hudson… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims The collection of routine outcome measurement (ROM) data
provides an opportunity for service providers to conduct benchmarking to inform quality …

Monitoring alcohol and other drug treatment: What would an optimal system look like?

B Rush, L Corea, G Martin - Contemporary Drug Problems, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
This article focuses on the state of the art in the design, development, Operation and
evaluation of information systems intended to monitor the delivery of specialized alcohol and …

[HTML][HTML] Performance measures for alcohol and other drug services

DW Garnick, CM Horgan, M Chalk - Alcohol Research & Health, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Performance measures, which evaluate how well health care practitioners' actions conform
to practice guidelines, medical review criteria, or standards of quality, can be used to …

[PDF][PDF] Development of a routine outcome monitoring instrument for use with clients in the New Zealand alcohol and other drug treatment sector: the Alcohol and Drug …

J Pulford, DE Deering, G Robinson… - New Zealand Journal …, 2010 - researchgate.net
In the New Zealand AOD treatment sector there is considerable interest in routine outcome
monitoring. Outcome monitoring instruments suited for use in New Zealand local youth AOD …

Ordering clinical realities: Controversy and multiplicity in alcohol and other drug treatment for young adults

A Hart - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Although young adults receiving treatment for alcohol and other drug (AOD)
use often experience disadvantaged life circumstances, there has been little qualitative …