Outcome Assessment

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This easy-to-use handbook brings together a wealth of outcomes assessment tools you can use immediately in order to develop an effective outcomes management system. The text begins with an introduction and overview, followed by a discussion of the practical use of both objective and subjective assessment tools - - many of which are gold standards in the medical community. Next, you’ll review how to apply the tools in the clinical setting and examine the practical aspects of outcomes management. Actual forms and clear scoring instructions are included. The closing chapter describes how data can be used to enhance patient satisfaction as well as to secure a niche in the managed health care system in the future. This book is abundantly illustrated and filled with useful algorithms and decision pathways, and presents a practical approach to using outcome measures and implementing outcome management in the clinical setting. Make it part of your professional collection today!

Worldwide economic constraints on health care systems have stressed the need to monitor the outcomes of care and the output of the health system. This is the second edition of a reference book that provides in-depth reviews of the quality of the leading health measurements that are used for these purposes. Its principal aim is to guide the reader in choosing among rival measurement methods and to score the instrument chosen. The book also provides a critical overview of the field of health measurement, with a technical introduction and discussion of the history and future directions for health measurements. Eighty-eight measurements that evaluate health via questionnaires or rating scales are reviewed. Accounts of the 50 scales included in the first edition have been updated, the original chapters have been expanded to include new methods, and two new chapters on depression measurements and mental status testing have been added. The book covers measurements of physical disability, social health, psychological well-being, depression, mental status, pain, general health status and quality of life.

Aday (behavioral sciences, U. of Texas School of Public Health, Houston) surveys design, marketing research, and cognitive psychology to provide up-to-date guidance on the subject. This description includes defining the survey variables, choosing the data collection methods, formulating the questions, and writing a report of the findings.

This is a massive and very important work of reference. It brings together discussions of the theory and practice of health assessment, descriptions and examples of assessment instruments and contact points for additional information. This is an excellent and much needed work which will advance the field substantially.

This reference will be a must for anyone involved or responsible for developing wellness programs or managing health benefits in Corporate America. A big step toward having the tools to evaluate and show real value added to workplace executives, not only for controlling health care costs, but just as importantly, for increasing productivity in the workplace.