By measuring behavioral health outcomes, you can gain crucial insights to impact all areas of your organization. You can monitor patient progress, assess the effectiveness of interventions and treatments, and identify areas for potential improvements. Armed with better outcome measurements, you can improve communications between providers, patients, caregivers, and families. You can also build stronger relationships with insurers, who are increasingly focused on data-driven approaches to behavioral health such as value-based care (VBC) models. 

This is an exciting time for behavioral health organizations that want to adopt a more data-driven approach. The digital health solutions many organizations have adopted to expand patient access and streamline operations can also fuel a robust outcome measurement program. Whether monitoring scheduled and billed appointments, assessing resource usage patterns, or tracking program completion rates, digital solutions can help you collect, analyze, and share outcome measurements that transform data into powerful insights.  

Let’s consider how technology, such as electronic health record (EHR) systems, telehealth software, and a strong patient portal can help improve outcomes for patients, payers, and your organization. We’ll look at:  

1. Data automation to fuel greater organizational efficiency  
2. Patient outcomes and patient engagement  
3. Insurer expectations for outcomes measurement  
4. How digital tools can help your organization thrive