Track and measure patient progress over time using the Outcome Measures feature in Nookal. Outcome Measures are standardised clinical questionnaires used by allied health practitioners to objectively monitor a patient's recovery, functional ability, and treatment effectiveness.
Once enabled, practitioners can quickly send questionnaires to patients remotely via SMS or email, or complete them onsite using an intake device or their own device. Results are automatically saved as a graph in the patient's Clinical Notes, making it easy to monitor progress across multiple sessions and report on outcomes over time.
Enabling Outcome Measures
1. Head to Manage.
2. Click Outcomes under Clinical.
3. Navigate the tabs and enable the relevant Outcome Measures.
4. Click Save.
Accessing the Outcome Measures Feature in a Patient Profile
To use the Outcome Measures feature, it is possible to send the questionnaire to the Patient or to open it within Nookal for the provider to complete it with the Patient. See below for more details.
1. To use the Outcome Measures for a Patient, head to the Patient's Clinical Notes section for the appropriate Case.
In Appointment's Classic view:
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In Appointment's Fresh view:
2. Click on the Measures tab.
3. Select an Outcome Measures Questionnaire.
4. In the popup window, select how the Questionnaire will be filled:
- By the Patient remotely (send by Email or SMS)
- By the Patient on an intake device or the practitioner's device
- By the practitioner on their device
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If the same Questionnaire was already filled by the Patients, the new result can be added to the existing graph to track progression or if the questionnaire is used for a new condition, select New Outcomes Measures.
All of these options will lead to the same Questionnaire being open by a link or redirected automatically.
5. Click Get Started on the Questionnaire introduction page.
6. Complete the questions and once finished, click Save.
7. The results will be saved as a graph in the Clinical Notes section.
Discover more...
Once a Patient has completed the questionnaire multiple times, it is possible to report the progression on the Outcomes Report. View the Outcomes Report.
Completing Outcomes Measures Onsite
There are 2 options to fill the Outcome Measures Questionnaires onsite: with an intake device or with the Provider's device or computer.
Important!
Start on provider device will lock out the Provider from the device and will start the Outcome Measures plan in the browser for the Patient to complete.
1. Select the appropriate option: intake or provider device.
Before you start...
If using an intake device, follow the steps in the following article to set the device in Patient Form Mode and follow the prompts on the device.
2. Provide the device to the Patient or help the Patient fill the Questionnaire. Once completed click Save.
3. To return to Nookal, the user's password will be required - it is sometimes necessary to log out and back in to access the other sections of Nookal.
Completing Outcomes Measures Remotely
1. Select the appropriate option: SMS or Email to send the Questionnaire's link to the Patient.
2. When the Patient clicks on the link, they will be redirected to the Questionnaire's page.
3. Once they are finished and click Save, the results will be sent in their Clinical Notes section and they will see a message confirming they successfully completed the Questionnaire.