WE CARE ABOUT YOUR OUTCOME!

PLEASE READ HOW WE MEASURE YOUR RESULT WITH STANDARDIZED

OUTCOME TOOLS

(posted 12 15 09)

WE PERFORM OUTCOME ANALYSIS TO COLLECT PROSPECTIVE INFORMATION ON PATIENT OUTCOMES, ON WHICH TO BASE:

1. Future treatment decisions
2. Decisions to close an episode of care
3. Responses to referrering physicians
4. Discussions with patients regarding effectiveness of treatment
5. Quality improvement activities.

WE CONDUCT OUTCOME RESEARCH WITH EMPHASIS ON EVIDENCED-BASED MEDICINE SO THAT WE CAN:

1. Provide quantifiable information on patient health outcome over an episode of care
2. Allow discussion on treatment value
3. Provide a platform for discussion of treatment plans and outcomes between participating providers
4. Allow access to outcome measures with strong psychometric properties
5. Provide documented prospective evidence of outcome change over time.

WE DETERMINE ENDPOINTS FOR YOUR TREATMENT BY PLOTTING YOUR PROGRESS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST PATIENT OUTCOME PLOT SHOWN BELOW DOES NOT REVEAL WHEN TREATMENT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND CAN BE CEASED.

THE FOLLOWING TWO PLOTS ARE CLEARLY INDICATING SUCCESSFUL RESULT AND UNCESSARY TREATMENT CAN PREDICTABLY BE AVOIDED EARLY ON.

YOU MAY BE ASK TO SIT AT THE COMPUTER AND FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING STANDARDIZED QUESTIONAIRES. THEY HELP US DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF FUTURE TREATMENTS.

 

PLOTS LIKE THE ONES SHOWN BELOW WILL BE GENERATED TO ASSESS YOUR OUTCOME AS IT DEVELOPS OVER TIME IF YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE (Sample data plotted. Data not related to actual patient).