ArticleBMJ quality improvement reports2016
Improving physical health monitoring for patients with chronic mental health problems who receive antipsychotic medications.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impact of institutional quality improvement initiatives on metabolic monitoring in mental disorder in patients treated with antipsychotics: A meta-analysis of intervention studies.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
- Changing prescribing practice for rapid tranquillization-a quality improvement project based on the Plan-Do-Study-Act method.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- An Audit of Mental Health Care Plans in Community Mental Health Services for Older Persons in Rural Communities in a State in Australia.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2022Article
- Accuracy of Primary Care Medical Home Designation in a Specialty Mental Health Clinic.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2021Article
- Prevalence of treatment resistance and clozapine use in early intervention services.BJPsych open · 2020Article
- Interventions to increase access to or uptake of physical health screening in people with severe mental illness: a realist review.BMJ open · 2018Review
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Abstract
Physical health monitoring is an integral part of caring for patients with mental health problems. It is proven that serious physical health problems are more common among patients with severe mental health illness (SMI), this monitoring can be challenging and there is a need for improvement. The project aimed at improving the physical health monitoring among patients with SMI who are receiving antipsychotic medications. The improvement process focused on ensuring there is a good communication with general practitioners (GPs) as well as patient's education and education of care home staff. GP letters requesting physical health monitoring were updated; care home staff and patients were given more information about the value of regular physical health monitoring. There was an improvement in patients' engagement with the monitoring and the monitoring done by GPs was more adherent to local and national guidelines and was communicated with the mental health service.
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