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2nd Australasian Mental Health Outcomes Conference

Touching Ground: Innovation and Practice

Consumer and Carer Materials

Preparation for this conference is underway. Watch this space for additional details of this conference.

AMHOCN in collaboration with Barwon Health the lead agency of the Victorian Western Cluster Quality through Outcomes Project has produced a range of materials to support the sustainable implementation of routine outcome measurement to services. These materials include a DVD which describes the views of consumers, carers and clinicians towards routine outcome measurement and the opportunities routine outcome measurement can have in clinical practice.

This collaboration has also produced a range of promotional materials designed by consumers and carers. These materials can be downloaded from the AMHOCN page of this website and hard copies are avaliable on request, see the web page for details.

NOCC Decision Support Tool

The Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network (AMHOCN) has developed a ‘Decision Support Tool’ (DST) that enables users to compare profiles of their consumers against the national aggregate. The link below will take you to the DST page where you can download the tool and a comprehensive users guide and technical specifications manual. AMHOCN welcomes feedback on the tool to support further development. Visit the forum to discuss the tool, its use and possible enhancements

Training Reources

AMHOCN has produced as range of materials to support training in the measures and data collection protocol of the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection. The materials incude manuals, PowerPoint presentations along with video vignettes.

Training Resources: Measures and Protocol

Review of National Outcomes and Casemix Measures

The Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network has undertaken a review of the Outcomes and Casemix measures introduced under the agreed National Outcomes and Casemix Collection. This review is avaliable to download from the AMHOCN section of this website

National Outcomes and Casemix Collection Standard Reports

The first edition of the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection Standard Reports have been produced. These are available in the AMHOCN section of this website. These reports are only possible as a result of the extensive work undertaken by people working in Australia's public mental health services including consumers, carers, clinicians, service managers, who are implementing an outcomes focus within their services. AMHOCN gratefully acknowledges the efforts of these people and the staff of various mental health branches in states and territories who have coordinated the data collections and reporting arrangements.

National Outcomes and Casemix Collection Standard Reports

Outcomes Expert Groups

The outcomes expert groups continue to meet on a regular basis. The minutes of these meetings are now avaliable for download from the expert group section of this website