A PMHNP is leading a quality improvement initiative at her outpatient psychiatric clinic to implement measurement-based care (MBC) protocols using the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 at every visit. During a staff meeting, a senior colleague with 20 years of experience pushes back, arguing that experienced clinicians can accurately assess treatment response through clinical interview alone and that administering standardized rating scales at every visit creates unnecessary administrative burden without improving patient outcomes. Several newer staff members seem persuaded by this argument. Which of the following best represents the evidence regarding measurement-based care?