How well are we doing? Measuring fidelity in Ontario’s early psychosis intervention programs

Check out EENet's new Research Snapshot summarizing the article, “Using Fidelity Measurement to Assess Quality of Early Psychosis Intervention Services in Ontario,” published in Psychiatric Services in 2019. DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.2018-0020. 

What you need to know:

Fidelity assessments are a strategy to monitor quality of care in relation to expected practice. Using the 31 item First Episode Psychosis Service Fidelity Scale (FEPS-FS), researchers assessed nine early psychosis intervention (EPI) programs in Ontario to find out how well they follow the international EPI standards. Overall, the programs were rated as satisfactory or exceptional in many areas. Some common challenges were identified where system supports may be needed as well as issues that can be addressed at the program level. Results suggest that routine fidelity assessment can be a valuable data source for system improvement if feasible strategies for conducting the reviews can be developed.

The full Research Snapshot is available here: http://eenet.ca/sites/default/...Durbin%20et%20al.pdf

Stay tuned for more information about a webinar taking place on Monday October 7, 2019 from 1pm - 2pm ET highlighting this research and more about conducting fidelity assessments in Ontario — So what? Then what?!