IT Systems That Link Data With Targeted Outcomes Critical for Pay-for-Performance Initiatives

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News   Current and upcoming pay-for-performance initiatives present challenges to information technology (IT) systems used by behavioral health and social service organizations. The challenges include terminology, expectations, and how to gather data to demonstrate performance. To meet the challenges and enhance consumer outcomes, organizations should adapt their IT systems to link existing data with desired outcomes using shared terminology, outcome expectations, and concepts of performance. For example, billing data can reveal a wealth of information about the number of visits made by consumers and the services provided, the length of visits . . .