Credentialing, and 5. MIS capabilities such as improved client tracking, comparing individual outcome information across services and programs and linking expenditures to outcomes. Like the unique cookware of the gourmet chef, these tools must be specially built for every system of care. And in systems where the links between specific interventions and positive outcomes have lower reliability and the severity and chronicity of the illnesses suffered by the clients is high, the challenge of designing effective tools increases geometrically. Of the 5 listed tools, the last is probably the keystone.
Information management is at the heart of effective managed care.
To run smoothly, the managed care organization has to know who is getting how much of what, how often, for what price and to what effect. Public mental health providers who recognize that information is the currency of managed care systems and who organize to facilitate the measurement of mental health service use and outcomes will thrive in the era of managed care. Searching for the right combination Put another way, cooks who figure out how to reliably combine the disparate elements of a public mental health system are likely to have the most people dining at their restaurants. And the secret to that has always been finding the spices that will work well with all of the ingredients. 3 Granny Smith apples 6 Tbs.