Research Spotlight: Digital Training Supports Measurement-Based Psychiatric Care

New research led by Anita Kablinger, MD, CPI, and fellow Carilion Clinic investigators demonstrates how digital training may help clinicians more consistently incorporate measurement-based care into everyday outpatient psychiatric practice.

The study, published in Implementation Research and Practice, evaluated Measurement-based Care Training for Resilient Implementation in a Clinical Setting (METRIC), a digital education platform designed to train clinicians in the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).

PROMs are standardized questionnaires that allow patients to report symptoms such as depression and anxiety. When used consistently, these measures can help clinicians monitor changes in symptoms over time and make more informed treatment decisions.

The METRIC program uses educational videos, patient simulations, guidance on interpreting symptom measures, and strategies for navigating common clinical situations. Researchers found that the digital platform provided a feasible and consistent approach to clinician education and could help support the long-term integration of measurement-based care into outpatient psychiatry.

“This work represents an important step toward making evidence-based measurement practices more sustainable in routine clinical care,” said Anita Kablinger, MD, CPI, vice chair for research in Carilion Clinic’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and senior author of the study.

The research brought together investigators from Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech, the University of Colorado, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and was funded by the Carilion Clinic Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.

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Read the study: Assessing the Implementation of a Novel Digital Measurement-Based Care Training in Behavioral Health Using the Prism Framework. Implementation Research and Practice. Published June 16, 2026. doi:10.1177/26334895261456673