A protocol for the formative evaluation of the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services as part of a learning health system

• DOI: 10.1186/s12961-024-01174-y
• Publication Date: 2024-07-15T14:02:10Z
• Authors: Erin McCabe; Michele Dyson; Deborah McNeil; Whitney Hindmarch; Iliana Ortega; Paul D. Arnold; Gina Dimitropoulos; Ryan Clements; Maria J. Santana; Jennifer D. Zwicker
• Keywords: Health Services Research; Health administration

Mental health conditions affect one in seven young people and research suggests that current mental services are not meeting the needs of most children youth. Learning systems an approach to enhancing through rapid, routinized cycles continuous learning improvement. Patient-reported outcome measures provide a key data source for systems. They have also been shown improve outcomes patients when integrated into routine clinical care. However, implementing these is challenging process. This paper describes protocol formative evaluation implementation patient-reported newly operational child adolescent centre Calgary, Canada. The purpose optimize collection use measures. Our specific objectives assess progress, identify barriers facilitators implementation, explore patient, caregivers clinician experiences using