The Joint Commission has recently revised their standards of care. To maintain accreditation, organizations are now required to assess outcomes with a standardized measurement tool. 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is moving in the same direction.
Two scales I developed met the new standard. Both are listed on the Joint Commission and SAMSHA websites. The Outcome and Session Rating Scales (ORS, SRS) are brief, well-validated tools in use in clinical settings around the world.
The new standard has the potential to significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care. Studies also show, however, that implementation is a complex process with many challenges. Indeed, despite significant investment of time and resources, many organizations fail.
Click here for a free handout to assess the readiness of your agency. It’s one of the many resources provided at the ICCE Feedback-Informed Treatment Implementation workshop—the only evidence-based implementation training on measurement-based care to receive perfect marks for implementation materials, training and support resources, and quality assurance procedures by the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
As always, feel free to email me with any questions.
All the best,
Scott D. Miller, Ph.D.
Director, International Center for Clinical Excellence
Hi Scott,
I appreciate you offering the opportunity to contact you and ask questions.
I am a solo practitioner in Washington state. I tend to be someone who “dots their I’s and crosses their t’s”, so I want to get started thinking about this as soon as is possible. I’m wondering if these new standards apply to solo practitioners. I am interested in finding out more about how FIT might be used in my practice. I am worried that an internet platform, if required, would be difficult to implement.
I would appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks,
Nancy