The Public Reporting of Organizational Performance in Mental Health: Coming Soon to a Mental Health Service Near You

Clinical use of the Kessler psychological distress scales with culturally diverse groups

“…The K10+ (four additional unscored items assess functioning and disability) was adopted as a consumer‐rated measure by MHSs in NSW and South Australia when collection of outcome measures became mandatory under Australian national mental health policy in 2003 (Trauer, ). Since then MHS have published little data on outcome measures, with the exception of the clinician‐rated HoNOS (Trauer, ). No K10+ outcome research has been located with either ES or non‐ES mental health patients.…”

Directions for Future Patient-Centered and Comparative Effectiveness Research for People With Serious Mental Illness

“…560,561 Of particular note are findings that P4P is most effective in general health care settings when used to improve process outcomes with clear, simple targets (eg, preventive screenings, vaccination rates), rather than clinical outcomes, especially among complex patients. These findings suggest that at minimum, targeted outcomes need to be carefully chosen to improve success.…”

“…Interestingly, an Australian mandate for public reporting of quality outcomes in behavioral health may spur new methods designed to address these measurement problems. 560 In addition, because a large proportion of mental health care is provided in publicly funded settings, it is not clear whether the market model that underlies this approach has any applicability.…”