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Outcomes Management - Chapter Table of Contents Published: October, 2001 ALERTSM Annual Report January 2001 - History and Overview ALERT (ALgorithms for Effective Reporting and Treatment) is an outcomes management system...more   ALERT Outcome Measures The LSQ and YLSQ are investigational instruments based on a revised set of 30 items from the OQ-45 and Youth Outcome Questionnaire (YOQ)...more   Treatment Outcomes Treatment outcomes are reported as "effect size," a type of standardized change score calculated by dividing change during treatment...more   Treatment Sample By the end of 2000 PBH had analyzed over 38,000 patient self-report questionnaires...more   The Results This report summarizes results for the ALERT outcomes management system...more   Measuring Change from Phone Intake to Treatment Follow-Up The ALERT system assesses patient change from the point of initial phone contact to a follow-up assessment six months after treatment...more   Cases at Risk for Poor Outcomes One of the key features of the ALERT system is the ability to track at-risk cases based upon trajectory of change projections...more   Identification of Patients at Risk for Suicide and/or Substance Abuse Another function of the ALERT system is to target cases with recurrent suicidal ideation...more   Preferred Group Practice Results The ALERT system provides monthly reports comparing results for PGPs...more   A Practitioners's Guide to the ALERT System PBH utilizes two patient self-report instruments for monitoring clinical change...more