Kathryn Moyse 1 , Pamela Enderby 2 , Katie Chadd 3 , Kamini Gadhok 3 , Mark Bedwell 4 , Patrick Guest 4 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Evidencing the impact of speech and language therapy interventions is challenging. The UK's professional body for speech and language therapists (SLTs) is supporting a consistent approach to outcome measurement and analysis using Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs). OBJECTIVE: To develop a digital solution for collecting TOMs data, evaluate the impact of therapeutic interventions and explore contributing factors to outcome variation across clinical areas. METHOD: Agile methodology was applied to software development. Organisations were recruited to provide data. Criteria were identified to exemplify outcome variability. RESULTS: A digital tool was developed. 21 organisations provided data on 16 356 individuals. Improvement in at least one domain of TOMs occurred in 77.1% of instances. Data for two clinical areas exemplify the tool's effectiveness in highlighting the impact of speech and language therapy. CONCLUSION: This established outcomes data set can be used to evaluate the impact of speech and language therapy, and explore variation in outcomes. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
BACKGROUND: Evidencing the impact of speech and language therapy interventions is challenging. The UK's professional body for speech and language therapists (SLTs) is supporting a consistent approach to outcome measurement and analysis using Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs). OBJECTIVE: To develop a digital solution for collecting TOMs data, evaluate the impact of therapeutic interventions and explore contributing factors to outcome variation across clinical areas. METHOD: Agile methodology was applied to software development. Organisations were recruited to provide data. Criteria were identified to exemplify outcome variability. RESULTS: A digital tool was developed. 21 organisations provided data on 16 356 individuals. Improvement in at least one domain of TOMs occurred in 77.1% of instances. Data for two clinical areas exemplify the tool's effectiveness in highlighting the impact of speech and language therapy. CONCLUSION: This established outcomes data set can be used to evaluate the impact of speech and language therapy, and explore variation in outcomes. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
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Keywords:
health care; information management; information systems
Year: 2020
PMID： 32385040 DOI： 10.1136/bmjhci-2019-100085
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Health Care Inform ISSN： 2632-1009