Description
Book SynopsisThis compelling monograph combines—for the first time—the reports from two American Psychiatric Association task forces on quality in psychiatric care, offering a clinical framework for quality measurement that provides sample indicators of quality for health plans, facilities, and systems of care.
Trade ReviewThe structured process utilized by the task forces provides and excellent model for efforts to define additional, clinically meaningful quality indicators. Individual clinicians may also find the discussions informative, both as an introduction to the area of quality monitoring and as an impetus to examine their current practice patterns in light of increasing demands for implementation of evidence-based practices in the routine course of patient care.
-- Justin J. Trevino, M.D. * Journal of Clinical Psychiatry *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Report of the American Psychiatric Association
Task Force on Quality Indicators
Chapter 1. Executive Summary
Chapter 2. Report of the Task Force on Quality Indicators
Part II: Report of the American Psychiatric Association
Task Force on Quality Indicators for Children
Chapter 3. Executive Summary
Chapter 4. Report of the Task Force on Quality Indicators for Children
References
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Glossary of Terms and Definitions
Index of Quality Indicators by Topic
Index of Surveys, Rating Scales, and Instruments
Index to Report of the APA Task Force on Quality Indicators
Index to Report of the APA Task Force on Quality Indicators for Children
