Tag: evidence based practice
The Path to Successful Implementation Winds On
Interpreting MyOutcomes Data Having completed the first step in implementing the Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) system and the MyOutcomes software into your organization, you are probably feeling ready to begin the next step. After all, you and your staff have been using MyOutcomes for several months. You now find your coffers filled with FIT data. […]
PCOMS in Practice
PCOMS or Partners for Change Outcome Management System is a SAMHSA approved evidence-based practice and is a practical solution to both the therapist's and the agency's need for being able to measure outcomes and achieve desired results. It doesn't change the way a practitioner works but makes their work better as it is atheoretical and […]
Not convinced of the highly touted benefits of Evidence-Based Practice?
What is Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)? Evidence-Based Practice is an interdisciplinary approach to clinical practice, which is becoming more and more common since its formal introduction in 1992. It started in the medical field, as evidence-based medicine, before spreading to other fields such as psychology. The basic standards are that all practical decisions made, should be […]
PCOMS – NREPP Accreditation Progress
The science on which MyOutcomes is based, the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) has passed the second hurdle on the road to accreditation with SAMHS’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP). NREPP’s Quality of Research ratings are indicators of the strength of evidence supporting the intervention. The quality of research category […]