Chroma invests in new technology to track and manage rehab goals

The body created to help shape the future of case management is in a “brilliant place” to move into the future, after three years of work ‘behind the scenes’ to take it forward.

Goal Manager streamlines the goal setting process enabling Chroma’s therapists to spend more time with their clients and less time on admin and sets a new gold-standard practice around this aspect of Chroma’s work.

Their partnership comes as the new statutory law regarding HCPC registered health professionals being mandated to use digital record-keeping methods comes into force on 1st September 2023.

Chroma’s collaboration with Goal Manager has just begun, with therapists being training on how to use the system, enabling them to start using it on all new cases from April 2023.

The software is based on the WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), which is an internationally recognised framework for describing and organising information on functioning and disability.

It provides a standard language and a conceptual basis for the definition and measurement of health and disability, providing a comprehensive assess-ment and data on clients’ unique circumstances and functioning.

The software provides an infrastructure to set GAS and SMART goals, track, report and map treatment journeys and outcomes, as well as robust data and the ability to identify therapy gaps.

The Goal Manager Data Dashboard offers accessible, eas-ier to review data and collates summary data – all of which will be accessible to all service providers.

Daniel Thomas, managing director at Chroma said: “With Goal Manager, we can gather more quantitative and qualitative data than ever before – using 360-degree assessment, the software automatically crunches data allowing us to look at service wide and individual data.”

Chroma will use the new software to update standards of proficiency and encourage their therapists to engage with digital technologies.

Goal setting in rehabilitation is necessary when determining the best treatment for patients, to help motivate clients and track progress, but it can be time-consuming and so due to a lack of time, goal setting across services remains inconsistent.

"To help support us as an already outstanding therapeutic service, we have implemented Goal Manager to enhance how we set goals effectively and in a timely manner. We can create goals, scale goals, add SMART objectives, view and download reports.

"Data can also demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of services and performance management giving us a clear picture of the difference our service is making to clients’ lives. The software utilises the most evidenced-based frameworks in rehab goal setting, freeing up therapists’ time and administrative demands to focus on clinical work and setting meaningful goals.”

Dr Penny Trayner, Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist at Clinical Neuropsychology Services, added:

“We are delighted Chroma has decided to become the UK's first Arts Therapies provider to adopt Goal Manager.

"Our cloud-based software is compliant with all UK and European regulations, including GDPR and clinical studies, have shown that using Goal Manager can reduce the time taken to set and review goals by almost 50 per cent over a 6-month period, meaning they will have more time to spend with clients and less time and effort on paperwork."