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Langhorne, PA, United States, 03/09/2010 - Dr. Linda Toche-Manley of Polaris and Barbara Dunn of Magellan will present the results of a five-year quality improvement project that examined the outcomes of various service mixes for youth enrolled in behavioral health rehabilitative services.
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On April 20, 2010, Dr. Linda Toche-Manley, vice president of Polaris Health Directions, and Barbara Dunn, manager of innovation and outcomes with Magellan Health Services, will present the results of a five-year quality improvement project that examined the outcomes of various service mixes for youth enrolled in behavioral health rehabilitative services (BHRS) in the suburban Philadelphia counties of Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery.
Their presentation, “Efficient and Effective: Getting a Service Mix to Youth and Families that Makes a Difference!,” emphasizes the need to use clinical data to aid in and improve decisions for treatment planning. As a result of this work, a predictive algorithm was designed using an enhanced version of Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) that helps counties better match services to the clinical needs of youth and provides continuous feedback to caseworkers. Results show that when the algorithm is applied, counties can expect a 30 percent to 50 percent improvement in outcomes. It also appears that for many youth, this rate of anticipated improvement would cost the same or less than the previously prescribed service mix.
This is the sixth annual CANS conference; it will focus on “Producing Outcomes, Encouraging Best Practices and Building Families.”
About Polaris Health Directions
At Polaris (polarishealth.com), we recognize that organizations cannot manage what they do not measure. Many behavioral health care providers and payers may not be collecting and analyzing enough of the right data to support effective clinical decision making. Polaris's advanced technology and science driven solutions are designed to capture the clinical data essential to quality improvement and enhanced organizational management. Polaris solutions provide advanced analytics to help you improve and demonstrate to your customers the value of your care. With a focus on prediction, Polaris solutions do more than describe clinical change. Our systems also indicate if treatment is likely to have a positive result. Helping you make better decisions in the present by anticipating the future will be the difference in reducing your costs while improving patient care.
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