Confused by the RUG-ADL or the CGAS? Find out what these and other abbreviations
stand for in the tables below.
This list provides the correct name of the outcome measures that are
currently being used in public mental health services in Victoria.
PDRS services are not in scope for the routine collection of OM, however
a number of PDRS services offer a choice of consumer self-assessment measure:
| AHMAC |
The Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council |
| AMHOCN |
The Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network |
| AMHOEG |
The Adult Mental Health Outcomes Expert Group - one of three age-specific
expert groups auspiced by the Commonwealth's Information Strategy
Committee. |
AMHS |
Area Mental Health Service |
APMHS |
Aged Persons Mental Health Services |
| CALD |
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse |
| CAMHOEG |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Expert Group - one of
three age-specific expert groups auspiced by the Commonwealth's Information
Strategy Committee. |
CAMHS |
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services |
| CATT |
Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team |
CMI |
The Client Management Interface - the local agency-specific version
of the RAPID database |
| COPO |
Commonwealth Own Purpose Outlays - the funding source for the QUATRO
and ROMP initiatives in Victoria |
DHS |
The Victorian Department of Human Services |
HBL |
A proprietary software package developed by Barwon Health to support
OM implementation in Round 1 agencies. The acronym refers to the
three main measures included in Round 1 implementation: the HoNOS,
BASIS-32 and LSP-16. |
| IDP |
The national Information Development Plan for mental health services |
ISP |
The Individual Service Plan informing the treatment of a consumer
of public mental health services in Victoria |
IT |
Information Technology |
| LOTE |
Language other than English |
| MH-CASC |
Mental Health Classification and Service Costings Study |
MHB |
The Mental Health Branch of the Victorian Department of Human Services |
| MHISS |
Mental Health Information Strategy Sub committee (previously The
Information Strategy Committee auspiced by the National Mental Health
Working Group) |
| NMHWG |
The National Mental Health Working Group auspiced by the Australian
Health Ministers Advisory Council |
| NOCC |
The National Outcomes and Casemix Collection protocol |
ODBC |
Open Database Connectivity - a standard database access goal of
ODBC is to make it possible to access any data from any application |
OM |
Outcome Measurement - as required for NOCC |
| OMRG |
The Victorian statewide Outcome Measurement Reference Group |
| OPMHOEG |
Older Persons Mental Health Outcomes Expert Group - one of three
age-specific expert groups auspiced by the Commonwealth's Information
Strategy Committee. |
| PDRSS |
Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services |
PMHEI |
Primary Mental Health Early Intervention |
| Quality Through Outcomes |
A range of activities funded by Department of Health and Ageing
through Commonwealth Own Purpose Outlays. Non-recurrent funding to
support the integration and clinical utility of outcome measurement.
Funded a range of activities including ROMP, QUATRO, and QUATRO Vic. |
| QUATRO clusters |
Quality Through Outcomes Network - a clinical peer support network
established in 2005 and concluded in December 2006 to strengthen the
utility of OM in clinical practice. |
| QUATRO Bridging |
Department of Human Service funding for bridging activities between
QUATRO and QUATRO Vic (January - June 2007), delivered by St Vincent's
Hospital Melbourne, Mental Health Service |
| Quality Through Outcomes Steering Committee |
Established 2005. Continues to oversee OM activities across Victoria
and is comprised of sector representatives |
| QUATRO Vic |
QUATRO Vic aims to maximise the utilisation of outcome measurement
in clinical practice across all public mental health services in Victoria.
This initiative will be led by the Department of Human Services with
funding support from the Department of Health & Ageing. The QUATRO
Vic Team Leader will be responsible for managing a team of six EFT
employed to promote the use of outcome measurement in clinical services
across the state. The team leader will be located in DHS head office
and manage a team, which will work primarily on a mobile or out-posted
basis. |
| RANZCP |
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry |
RAPID |
The statewide database that stores all client service-level information
collected by public clinical mental health services in Victoria
(Australia). The acronym stands for the Redevelopment of Acute
& Psychiatric Information Directions. (What
is RAPID? - Flyer (PDF file 154KB)) |
| ROMP |
Reporting on Outcome Measurement Project - a Mental Health Branch
initiative aimed at strengthening standard reporting about outcome
measurement |
Round 1 |
The first round of outcome measurement implementation in Victoria.
Round 1 began in mid-2000 and included four area mental health services:
Barwon Health, Grampians Psychiatric Services, St Vincent's Hospital
and Maroondah Hospital (now part of Eastern Health) |
SPGPPS |
Strategic Planning Group for Private Psychiatric Services |
Wellbeing |
The module of the RAPID database that contains the outcome measurement
functionality, i.e. all the relevant measures and reports |
| WRT |
The Wellbeing Reporting Tool, a software application that health
services can use to generate standard reports about OM by accessing
data on the local CMI. |
