Alcohol Quality Measure
MHO has patient level quality data that is reported publicly in aggregate form for over 200 inpatient facilities, but what do those data tell us about the patients we see and the treatment they receive? This month, we take a look at how well patient substance use screening results align
Examining Youth Residential Treatment Programs
Children and adolescents are often treated in a residential setting side by side. But is that where the similarities end? In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO explores data differences between child and adolescent RTC programs.
Two Truths & A Lie
When a patient is admitted to an inpatient program, clinicians have an idea of how long their length of stay ought to be. Often times, though, a patient’s length of stay ends up substantially shorter. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO explores the usefulness of outcomes for patients with…
Can’t Get No Satisfaction Without Clinical Outcomes
The race for top patient satisfaction scores is neck and neck, leaving programs to wonder what they can do to pull ahead of the pack. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO looks into the relationship between clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction, and explores how performance in clinical outcomes can…
Is Facetime the new Face-to-Face?
Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding tool that provides prompt care by connecting patients to doctors via technology. With psychiatrists in short supply and more facilities adopting Telemedicine, we asked: What do patients think of Telemedicine?
IT’S COMPLICATED
It is generally accepted that a hospital’s case mix influences their outcomes, so what’s influencing case mix? In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO investigates the impact of social determinants in a hospital’s surrounding community on the hospital’s case mix.
Double your Outcomes Data Volume Compliance
Do you find your outcomes reports have less data than you were expecting? Are you spending too much time organizing paper forms? Do you wish your data could show up in reports more quickly? If you answered yes, or if you’ve simply ever thought, “There’s got to be a better
Star-Crossed Satisfaction
We’ve all checked online ratings of service providers to help make informed decisions. Patients are no different. But how do psychiatric hospital online ratings match up with patient satisfaction scores that hospitals collect from patients? Do they really help patients make informed decisions?
A Tale of Two Clocks
Most of us struggle at least a bit after time change. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO investigates the impact of Daylight Savings Time on inpatients.
