Analytics in Action

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

Ancient lore suggests there’s just something different about behavioral health patients on a full moon night . MHO dares once more to put the lore to the test using new metrics, and once again finds no evidence to support this spooky tale.

The youngest adults (ages 18-25) seeking inpatient care face distinctly different mental health challenges than that of adolescents or adults, and similar to adolescents they are less satisfied than adults with the care they receive. This narrow 8 year window of adulthood represents 1 in 5 adult inpatient admissions, however,…

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

Does bigger mean better, or do smaller facilities have happier patients? This month, an exploration into facility size and its relationship with patient satisfaction.

This month we explored whether psychiatrists who are overall rated higher by their patients have better patient self-reported outcomes.

MHO explores disparities in “wellness” at discharge as measured by discharge severity, and how long it takes to achieve it.

This month, we’re diving into patient comments using sentiment analysis. Let’s pay close attention to what our patients are telling us.

Exploring the gender divide in mental health symptom severity from admission to discharge.

We explored whether seasonal changes or holidays influence patient satisfaction, and the “likelihood to recommend the facility.” The findings suggest that neither seasons nor holidays consistently impact the patient experience.

Introducing Reflections, MHO’s new online platform designed to enhance the efficiency of data collection and the use of patient outcomes and satisfaction data within behavioral health facilities. Managing your data with Reflection can elevate your compliance rates to new heights!

Inspired by the trauma-informed care approach, an examination of the prevalence and types of interpersonal traumas experienced by patients in MHO’s data.

Given the increasing rates of suicide in the U.S. and the role of suicidal ideation in the overall wellbeing and safety of behavioral health patients, MHO takes a deeper look at suicidal ideation in the MHO dataset.

When exploring avenues to improve patient clinical outcomes, one intriguing factor to consider is the extent of a psychiatrist’s influence on their patients’ outcomes. Do outcomes vary by psychiatrist, and do case mix factors explain the variance?

A dive into what MHO’s data show on factors associated with inpatient readmission following step-down, and how that compares to other research.

Inspired by a recent CDC report, MHO explores trends in adolescent inpatient admissions.

Examining racial and ethnic disparities in seclusion and restraint restrictive interventions.

A dive into patients who are ineligible for MHO’s modified Statistically Meaningful Metric.

An investigation of satisfaction in the unique population of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Diving into child inpatients’ ability to complete satisfaction surveys in a meaningful way.

An exploration of current evidence and utility of outcomes data in helping to inform an ideal, cost-effective number of treatment sessions in the outpatient setting.

Allowing children under age 8 to rate their own problems would seem to give voice to their unique perspective on their own experiences. But can young children reliably report their own behavioral problems?

Facilities use clinical outcomes to track how their programs help patients and compare to similar programs. But does “our patients improved” always mean the same thing? In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO compares two methods of reporting program level patient progress.