In early 2015, our clinic decided to begin using outcome measures routinely with patients throughout their treatments. The practitioners were all motivated by different things—some wanted to facilitate discussion with other members of the rehabilitation team, some wanted to enhance their knowledge about patients’ progress, and some wanted to explore whether outcome measures could provide support for clinical decision making. We all wanted to provide better care for our patients and wondered if conducting outcome measures was one way we could do that. What none of us expected was how enthusiastically our patients would respond to these changes in their care.
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