COMPUTERIZED OUTCOMES FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION (COPE)

心理健康和管理式护理目前存在于一个“时代， 问责”，并有一个更高的要求，确定客户端 心理健康服务的成果。 因此，这项建议旨在 开发和测试一组有效和可靠的工具， 评估精神卫生服务需求和患有精神疾病的人的状况， 严重精神疾病，并开发一个配套的互动光盘 数据保持可靠和有效的计算机软件系统 收藏. 拟议的商业应用： 一个巨大的和不断增长的市场存在的计算机化的结果系统， 公共和私营部门为严重精神疾病患者提供的服务。 作为 所描述的，该产品可以销售到各种各样的社区- 提供者，特别是在管理的护理环境中。

Mental health and managed care currently exist in an "era of accountability" and there is a heightened demand identifying the client outcomes of mental health services. Therefore, this proposal seeks to develop and test a battery of valid and reliable instruments appropriate to assessing the mental health service needs and status of people with serious mental illness, and to develop an accompanying interactive CD-ROM computer software system that remains reliable and valid in data collection. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: A large and growing market exists for a computerized outcome system for public-private sector services to people with severe mental illness. As described, the product can be marketed to a wide variety of community- based providers, especially within a managed care environment.