Acadia Healthcare leads the industry in the provision of innovative mental health and addiction treatment. In order to maintain this standing, we strive to ensure that the care we deliver is making a true difference in the lives of our patients. By researching and implementing measurement-based care, we are able to offer assurance that the treatment we provide is at the highest level of clinical excellence.
Measurement-Based Care
As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare, and as an organization that consistently takes steps to innovate the way that mental health and addiction treatment is delivered, Acadia Healthcare is focused on implementing measurement-based care (MBC). Collecting data on patient progress and therapy outcomes are important for treatment fidelity, therapeutic alliance, patient satisfaction, and ensuring that we have a full understanding of what works for our patients. Additionally, by tracking how individuals respond to treatment and identifying where successes and failures lie, we are able to improve the services we offer to ensure that those who seek our care receive the most optimal treatment available.
Why It’s Important
The primary purpose of implementing MBC in the patient process is to facilitate opportunities to further elevate treatment effectiveness and program fidelity through patient-centered treatment team review of patient progress measured through standardized and valid assessments.
Crucial to this is encouraging patients to consistently meet with their treatment team to discuss their progress in detail. Hearing whether the patient feels as though their symptoms have been improving, have remained stagnant, or have deteriorated allows us to take an in-depth look at the treatment we are providing so that we can ensure that we are fully meeting our patients’ needs.
Implementation
By implementing measurement-based care, we are able to gain a deeper insight into our patients and enhance the therapeutic alliance. Patients need to know that we are on their side and that everything we do in the treatment setting is designed solely for the purpose of providing them with the highest quality of care.
In order to ensure the delivery of clinically excellent care, all Acadia facilities consistently strive for an overall improved patient treatment experience. Measurement-based care is achievable when implemented through rigorous methodology, with appropriate psychometrics that align with each service line’s mission, and using conservative analyses that adhere to rigorous and ethical statistical practice.
The Future
As measurement-based care becomes the standard for the treatment process, there is greater reliability in the efficacy of the treatment we provide. We will be able to continually measure our patients’ progress and implement changes to programming when necessary to ensure that treatment is successful on all levels.
