Developing All About Outcomes ©, Part 1: Measuring clinical outcomes in children's rehabilitation centres in Ontario

Investigators & Staff

• M Law
• G King
• E MacKinnon
• C Murphy
• D Russell
• P Hurley
  

Funding Agency

Ontario Health Care Evaluation Network - $20,000 (1995-1996)

Summary

This project was the first of two studies designed to develop and test a computerized software program that would enable health service providers in children's treatment centres to select the most appropriate outcome measure to use with individual clients and/or in program evaluations. The software All About Outcomes© was developed and tested in partnership with the children's centre in Sarnia. Using a before and after research design, the effect of the software on the knowledge and use of clinical
outcome measures were evaluated.

The All About Outcomes© CD-ROM is available through SLACK Inc.

For more information, please refer to:

• Read about Part 2 of this study here.
• Law, M., King, G., Russell, D., MacKinnon, E., Hurley, P., & Murphy, C. (1999). Measuring outcomes in children's rehabilitation: A decision protocol. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 80 (6), 629-636.
• Law, M., King, G., MacKinnon, E., & Russell, D. (1998). Quality performance: Designing
  clinical services around person-centred outcomes. In J. Gardner (Ed.), Leadership, quality and organizational dynamics: Leading through action in human services. New York: Brookes Publishers.

Impact

• will facilitate the transfer of research information about rehabilitation outcome measures into practice.
• will enable pediatric rehabilitation service providers to use appropriate outcome measures with demonstrated reliability, validity, clinical responsiveness, and clinical utility.