Therapy Outcome Measures Manual

This book provides tools that allow therapists to provide the documentation needed for service provision in today's health care environment. The absolute need to adhere and adapt to the radical changes in health care service delivery have increased the pressure on all service providers to examine methods for reporting results relating to the impact of health services. Information reflecting the effects of treatment is essential in order to modify methods of provision, influence...
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This book provides tools that allow therapists to provide the documentation needed for service provision in today's health care environment. The absolute need to adhere and adapt to the radical changes in health care service delivery have increased the pressure on all service providers to examine methods for reporting results relating to the impact of health services. Information reflecting the effects of treatment is essential in order to modify methods of provision, influence purchasing patterns, and improve overall care. As a result professionals are becoming more conscious of their social, as well as clinical, responsibility to account for the value and benefits of interventions in the form of "Outcome Measurements." The Therapy Outcome Measures Manual allows physical and occupational therapists and rehabilitation nurses to describe the relative abilities/difficulties of a patient in the four domains of impairment, disability, handicap, and well-being, in order to monitor changes over time. Rigorously tested for reliability and clinical validity, this manual contains Core Scale Cards and Outcome Measures Client Detail Forms that are quick and simple to use. This new practical approach allows for the gathering of outcome measures suitable for use across client groups by all health care professionals, and for the comparison of different services. Keywords: Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapist, OT, Physical Therapy, Nursing, outcomes