May is both Older Americans Month and National Mental Health Month. Older Americans are sometimes viewed as a single group in terms of mental health, but do data support this? In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO investigates differences in “younger” and “older” older adults.

Unemployment, financial and health crises, and family and childcare strain were some of the unprecedented stressors faced by the average person in 2020. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO investigated the potential influence of these pressures on the rate of suicidality on 2020 adult inpatients.

March is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month. In addition to the physical implications of TBI on a person, mental health is commonly impacted. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO dives into data to see how common these patients are in our facilities and what differentiates them from other

2020 was a doozy, with unprecedented challenges to delivering care to behavioral health patients in need. With 2020 now firmly in the rearview mirror, MHO took a look at what data tell us about how adult inpatients fared and what that means for 2021.

Net Promoter Score is quickly becoming a new buzz term in behavioral health. But what is it? What does it mean? How do facilities use it? In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO shares what you need to know about this metric taking the behavioral health field by storm.

Substance use affects most adult inpatients. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO probes into the severity of cravings at admission and the impact different substances may have on those cravings.

Self-efficacy is a key component of recovery and patients’ ability to tackle daily life. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO explores outcomes data for insights into how well behavioral health facilities are fostering a sense of self-efficacy and independence in inpatients.

Picking the right clinical assessment outcomes tool to assist in treatment planning and monitoring program performance can be a challenge, especially when balancing the practical and ideal. Often in a push for efficiency, providers select a tool with a narrow diagnostic scope due to how quickly they can be completed

The rate of tobacco use amongst psychiatric inpatients continues to be several multiples higher than the rate of the general population. This month, MHO dives into inpatient tobacco use rates, how those patients fare in treatment, and potential steps toward improving their outcomes.