Special Analysis

  • Are your patients more severe than other patients?

    This month, MHO estimates 3% to 21% of facilities have outcomes data showing they serve a more severe patient population.…

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  • Tracking the Step-Down Journey: Self-Reported Symptom Severity

    Step-down care helps sustain inpatient gains, but MHO data show transitions aren’t always linear, with longer transition gaps linked to…

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  • Provider Gender and Patient Outcomes: Exploring the Relationship

    While patients may have personal preferences for their healthcare providers, MHO’s data show provider gender has no meaningful impact on…

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  • Different Eyes, Different Perspectives: Variations in Children’s Symptom Severity by Informant

    Across the types of non-patient informants that can complete the CABA-I assessment, in general facility staff rate symptom severity lower…

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  • Involuntary Inpatients are Satisfied Inpatients

    While beliefs about involuntary patients negatively impacting patient satisfaction might be rooted in logic, data tell a different story and…

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  • Medications and Outcomes Data: A Powerful Combination

    When combined, medications and outcomes data provide powerful information to inform clinical decision making.

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  • The Full Moon Effect in Mental Health: Myth or Reality?

    Ancient lore suggests there’s just something different about behavioral health patients on a full moon night . MHO dares once…

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  • Emerging Adults: Bridging the gap between Adolescence and Adulthood

    The youngest adults (ages 18-25) seeking inpatient care face distinctly different mental health challenges than that of adolescents or adults,…

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  • Good Today, Good Tomorrow? – How Psychiatrist Performance on Patient Self-Reported Outcomes Evolves

    On average, MHO’s data show individual psychiatrists are consistent in the improvement their patients achieve on patient reported outcomes. However,…

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  • Too big to fail or too big for success? The relationship between facility size and inpatient satisfaction

    Does bigger mean better, or do smaller facilities have happier patients? This month, an exploration into facility size and its…

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