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Outcome Measurement and Management: First Steps for the Practicing Clinician
How effective is your practice? Today’s practitioners need to know how to evaluate their practices objectively. In today’s high-pressure reimbursement environment, clinicians must able to assess the cost effectiveness, quality, and efficiency of the services they provide. This groundbreaking text―the first to combine both the terminology and the process of using outcome data to improve service delivery―shows you how to do just that. And, it clarifies the relationship between outcome measurement and research.
250 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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June 15, 2021
This was a "required" textbook for my last class in physical therapy school, Outcomes Measurement. By "required", I mean it actually wasn't necessary and probably none of my classmates read the book just like all the other "required" textbooks we don't read in school, which is unfortunate because I ended up really enjoying this book and felt it contributed to my professional development as a future clinician and has inspired me to want to conduct my own outcomes studies if I were to open my own practice.
Dr. Kaplan does a great job of introducing the reader to the concept of outcome studies, the rationale, and all the steps from beginning to end for conducting them. Although it's a concise textbook at only 215 pages (excluding the appendices, glossary, and index), it managed to be comprehensive in its scope, nuanced with its considerations, and transparent with where to look to explore further in topics that were sparsely covered. It was also quite easy to understand compared to most PT books, especially for practicing clinicians. For PT students, it would be better to read this towards the end of your school career in order to be familiar with many of the concepts discussed and referenced throughout the book. I highly recommend this book for those interested in learning how to objectively measure data in their clinic in order to improve their patient outcomes and be a better clinician. It's the difference between "I just KNOW I'm a good PT" versus "here is what the data I've collected and analyzed suggests about my patient care..."
Dr. Kaplan does a great job of introducing the reader to the concept of outcome studies, the rationale, and all the steps from beginning to end for conducting them. Although it's a concise textbook at only 215 pages (excluding the appendices, glossary, and index), it managed to be comprehensive in its scope, nuanced with its considerations, and transparent with where to look to explore further in topics that were sparsely covered. It was also quite easy to understand compared to most PT books, especially for practicing clinicians. For PT students, it would be better to read this towards the end of your school career in order to be familiar with many of the concepts discussed and referenced throughout the book. I highly recommend this book for those interested in learning how to objectively measure data in their clinic in order to improve their patient outcomes and be a better clinician. It's the difference between "I just KNOW I'm a good PT" versus "here is what the data I've collected and analyzed suggests about my patient care..."
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