Maine Mental Health System Piloting Level of Care System to EnsureAdequate Hospital Discharge Plans

March 6, 2000

Maine Mental Health System Piloting Level of Care System to Ensure Adequate Hospital Discharge Plans

Shoreline Community Mental Health Services (SCMHS) has served as a pilot site for developers of the CALOCUS Level of Care System since its launch in 1998. CALOCUS, and its predecessor LOCUS, was developed by the American Association of Community Psychiatrists in response to the need of the use of quantifiable measures to guide assessment, level of care placement decisions, continued stay criteria, and clinical outcomes. The LOCUS/CALOCUS system provides a common language and set of standards with which . . .