The Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) is an evidence-based practice supported by eight randomized clinical trials (and counting). Each of the eight trials unequivocally...
Types of Outcome Measures in Mental Health
February 10 2020
Measuring outcomes in behavioral health has become a quagmire of misinformation and marketing buzzwords. Given that the three main accrediting bodies (i.e., the Joint Commission, Council on...
The Better Outcomes Now (BON) team is very pleased to announce the addition of a new Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) Certified Trainer, Dr. Tatiana Casado de Staritzky! The...
GAD-7 Scoring, Graphing, and Administering Now in BON
January 07 2020
Once again, Better Outcomes Now (BON) has made life easier for those behavioral health professionals working in primary care, or for those who want to add a specific measure for clients struggling...
Better Outcomes Now Fully Translated to Chinese and Hungarian
December 20 2019
Thanks to the efforts of Zhuang She, the Better Outcomes Now (BON) team is very happy and proud to announce that the BON web application is fully translated to Chinese! Psychotherapy, therapy, and...
How to Administer, Score, and Graph the PHQ-9 Online
December 02 2019
The web application Better Outcomes Now (BON) just made life easier for those behavioral health professionals working in primary care, or for those who want to add a specific measure for clients...
How a 2018 Meta-Analysis of PCOMS Misleads
November 22 2019
In 2018, a meta-analysis of the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) was published in a prestigious research journal. Contradicting a large body of randomized clinical trials, the...
Demonstrating Value for Behavioral Health Reimbursement
November 11 2019
Changes are underway in reimbursement for behavioral health services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched MIPS, the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, which began to...
Couples Therapy Conference Keynote Presented by Dr. Barry Duncan
November 04 2019
Dr. Barry Duncan presented the keynote speech this past weekend at the Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance conference on “Treating Couples.” Over 300 professionals attended this...
Measurement Based Care Solutions: Questioning the Evidence
October 08 2019
First, let’s get the terms straight. What we and others in the psychotherapy literature have called “systematic client feedback” (or just client or patient feedback) or “routine outcome monitoring...