Computerized Outcomes Monitoring: The University of Arkansas Weighs In.

Behavioral Health Management, January, 1999 by Brown, C. Winston

A leading university research center announces its own product for this future technology

The Oryx initiative sponsored by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has moved the healthcare industry's outcomes debate from talk to action. However, taking action requires an understanding of what constitutes valuable outcomes information. While generic health assessments and patient satisfaction surveys yield helpful data, neither provides information about illnesses suffered, the people who suffer them, and what clinical interventions successfully relieve them. Only more specific and detailed assessments have the potential to produce clinically and administratively relevant information.

These assessments can prove...

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