| Session Title: Building a Flexible, Web-based Analysis Tool to Examine Person Level Changes Over Time in a Mental Health Outcomes Measurement System |
| Demonstration Session 642 to be held in PRESIDIO C on Friday, Nov 12, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM |
| Sponsored by the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Tim Santoni, University of Maryland, tsantoni@psych.umaryland.edu |
| Qiang Qian, University of Maryland, qqian@psych.umaryland.edu |
| Abstract: Maryland’s Mental Hygiene Administration, in conjunction with a wide variety of stakeholders and with assistance from the Systems Evaluation Center (SEC) of the University of Maryland, initiated an Outcomes Measurement System late in 2006. Living situation, employment/school, symptoms, and functioning are among the domains measured by the system at intake and each six months thereafter. Working on the analysis of person level changes over time in the system, the SEC developed a flexible, web-based tool to analyze person level changes over time. It allows analysis at the State, County and Provider level, for comparisons of most recent and next most recent and initial and most recent observations, for filtering for several demographic items, for variable selection of the time frame for the most recent observation for comparison. The session will focus on many issues regarding the analysis of change over time and feature a demonstration of the web based system. |