title: Routine outcome monitoring: Coming of age--With the usual developmental challenges.
abstract: The articles in this series present a variety of systems that involve routine outcome monitoring and the provision of feedback to therapists and/or patients with the goal of improving the quality of mental health care. Sufficient evidence exists for the adopting 1 of these systems (or 1 that was not discussed in this series); nevertheless, a number of challenges exist. Issues related to identifying the efficacious components, implementation, utilization, scientific inquiry, and the next generation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Wampold
mesh_terms: D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005246:Feedback; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data