TY - JOUR
T1 - Valutare l'attività delle strutture ospedaliere e residenziali dei DSM
T2 - Gli indicatori PRISM (PRocess Indicator System for Mental health) (Process Indicator System for Mental health) indicators
AU - Picardi, Angelo
AU - Tarolla, Emanuele
AU - De Girolamo, Giovanni
AU - Gigantesco, Antonella
AU - Neri, Giovanni
AU - Rossi, Elisabetta
AU - Biondi, Massimo
PY - 2014/11/1
Y1 - 2014/11/1
N2 - This article describes the activities of a project aimed at developing a system of process and process/outcome indicators suitable to monitor over time the quality of psychiatric care of Italian inpatient and residential psychiatric facilities. This system, named PRISM (Process Indicator System for Mental health), was developed by means of a standardized evaluation made by a panel of experts and a consecutive pilot study in 17 inpatient and 13 residential psychiatric facilities. Materials and methods: A total of 28 indicators were selected from a set of 251 candidate indicators developed by the most relevant and qualified Italian and international authorities. These indicators are derived by data from medical records and information about characteristics of facilities, and they cover processes of care, operational equipment of facilities, staff training and working, relationships with external agencies, and sentinel events. Results: The procedure followed for the development of the indicator system was reliable and innovative. The data collected from the pilot study suggested a favourable benefit-cost ratio between the workload associated with regular use of the indicators into the context of daily clinical activities and the advantages related to the information gathered through regular use of the indicators. Conclusions: The PRISM system provides additional information about the healthcare processes with respect to the information gathered via routine information systems, and it might prove useful for both continuous quality improvement programs and health services research.
AB - This article describes the activities of a project aimed at developing a system of process and process/outcome indicators suitable to monitor over time the quality of psychiatric care of Italian inpatient and residential psychiatric facilities. This system, named PRISM (Process Indicator System for Mental health), was developed by means of a standardized evaluation made by a panel of experts and a consecutive pilot study in 17 inpatient and 13 residential psychiatric facilities. Materials and methods: A total of 28 indicators were selected from a set of 251 candidate indicators developed by the most relevant and qualified Italian and international authorities. These indicators are derived by data from medical records and information about characteristics of facilities, and they cover processes of care, operational equipment of facilities, staff training and working, relationships with external agencies, and sentinel events. Results: The procedure followed for the development of the indicator system was reliable and innovative. The data collected from the pilot study suggested a favourable benefit-cost ratio between the workload associated with regular use of the indicators into the context of daily clinical activities and the advantages related to the information gathered through regular use of the indicators. Conclusions: The PRISM system provides additional information about the healthcare processes with respect to the information gathered via routine information systems, and it might prove useful for both continuous quality improvement programs and health services research.
KW - Mental health
KW - Process indicators
KW - Quality of care
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M3 - Articolo
AN - SCOPUS:84961361624
VL - 49
SP - 265
EP - 272
JO - Rivista di Psichiatria
JF - Rivista di Psichiatria
SN - 0035-6484
IS - 6
ER -