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Introduction

Theory and principle of Outcome based practice

Outcome based practice or outcome focused assessment are used to enhance the prosperity of social, emotional, spiritual and intellectual aspects. It embraces the three cornerstones by amalgamating teamwork and quality improvement. It includes outcomes geared by burnishing self confidence and self care skills, maintenance outcomes by vindicating quality of life as well outcomes correlated with receiving process of services. Theses outcomes can be categorised as autonomy outcomes (embraces communicative access to home, neighbourhood, extended surrounding and financial security), economic concurrence outcomes (access to higher education, training to glorify skills and access to paid employment), personal satisfaction outcomes (embraces sparkle of cleanliness, physical health, safety and emotional prosperity) and social involvement outcomes (access to recreational activities, secure relationships, advocating support and citizenship). Al these outcomes are subjected to continual evaluation and improvement.

Discussion

Approaches to outcome based practice

Results based accountability

Result based accountability or outcome based accountability is basically a management tool that is used to facilitate the correlation among the social, emotional, spiritual and intellectual aspects of human services agencies with the help of the decentralized work structure. This is an innovative process in which goals are always pre determined and are clearly communicated and it requires continuous collection and evaluation of data to determine whether the goal has been achieved or further alterations are required to satisfy the clients of the agency. In result based accountability goals objectives and indicators are predetermined. Agency workers have specified benchmarks to achieve which are subjected to public evaluation.

Result based accountability induces people to exert their objectives which exposes their abilities and skill that can be utilized accordingly. Further, outcome based accountability enhances the independency factor. Following this approach, care workers carefully examine the strengths and weaknesses of the clients in order to provide them independency. Moreover, needs of the clients could be fully satisfied as well as they can efficiently utilize their time and funds by following results based accountability. Moreover, it brings effectiveness and efficiency in terms of care and then the provided care services can be evaluated time by time.

Outcomes management

Outcome management is a flexible frame work that enables social service agencies to easily configure multi tasking assessment plan to portray a clear picture of the client's identification and its needs. It provides comprehensive tools to clearly identify, schedule and maintain appropriate methods in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the clients.

Behavioral health outcome measurement data is used in the outcomes management for guiding and informing the treatment of each and every individual. These measurement tools manage patient's symptoms like blood pressure, cholesterol level and other routine checkup reports gathered from general medical practice. It works on the basis of the information provided by the client or by his friends or family. As well as it uses observed information as input to clarify the actual requirements of the care process.

Outcomes into practice

The Outcomes into Practice Network was created in March 2000. The aim of the network is to ...