Submission: Consultation on the NDIA Agency Strategy
We provided feedback to the NDIA on their draft Agency Strategy, focusing on key areas for improvement and emphasising the need for measurable outcomes to enhance disability support.
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Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are reports completed by patients about how they feel or function in relation to a health condition/therapeutic intervention. They can assess whether an intervention is improving a patient’s symptoms, health, or functionality with limited risk of professional bias or interpretation. PROMs also provide uniform assessment of patients over time and allow for quantitative assessment and evaluation of changes in patient status.
The use of PROMs in practice is encouraged as they can provide strong evidenced based practice which will help advocate and validate the Australian osteopathic profession, provide a strong basis for any improvement in patient care/status from osteopathic intervention, and help build the professional standard of osteopathic care alongside other allied health professions in Australia. The use of standardised outcome measures also benefits patients as they may improve safety, efficacy, and delivery of care which often result in better patient outcomes.
Found below is a list of commonly used and validated outcome measures that may be useful to you as an osteopath. The list provides detail about each measure as well as a downloadable PDF. The list is not exhaustive and new measures may be added over time.
Note: Cronbach’s alpha is a measure of reliability, specifically the internal consistency of a scale. Generally, alpha values over .70 are good with higher values reflecting better internal consistency.
We provided feedback to the NDIA on their draft Agency Strategy, focusing on key areas for improvement and emphasising the need for measurable outcomes to enhance disability support.
The recent National Disability Service (NDS) 2024-25 Federal Budget submission identified five critical areas requiring financial support. This summary focuses on Sector Support for Transformation, as it is relevant to osteopaths.
Osteopathy Australia's submission to the Standing Parliamentary Committee into the implementation, performance and governance of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), seeking inclusion of osteopaths as eligible Independent Assessors.