Improving the quality of mental health services using patient outcome data: Making the most of HoNOS
Author(s)
Crawford, MJ
Zoha, M
MacDonald, A
Kingdon, D
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Efforts to assess and improve the quality of mental health services are often hampered by a lack of information on patient outcomes. Most mental health services in England have been routinely collecting Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) data for some time. In this article we illustrate how clinical teams have used HoNOS data to identify areas where performance could be improved. HoNOS data have the potential to give clinical teams the information they need to assess the quality of care they deliver, as well as develop and test initiatives aimed at improving the services they provide.
Date Issued
2018-01-02
Date Acceptance
2016-07-08
Citation
BJPsych Bulletin, 2018, 41 (3), pp.172-176
ISSN
2056-4694
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Start Page
172
End Page
176
Journal / Book Title
BJPsych Bulletin
Volume
41
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Author. This is an open-access article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publication Status
Published