Horizon Treatment Services
Welcome to the Horizon Treatment Services Podcast, where we delve into the forefront of alcohol, drug, and mental health services. As industry pioneers located in the Beloved Bay Area, CA - HSI is committed to empowering adults and adolescents through evidence-based programs, fostering a secure space for tackling substance use disorder and mental health challenges.
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Joanna Conti - Measurement Based Care Ep 02
Horizon Treatment is making moves and maximizing client outcomes!
Allow us to introduce Joanna Conti, CEO and President of Vista Research. In this episode, she will discuss our new pilot project - measurement-based care (MBC. A practice of basing clinical care on client data collected during treatment. MBC is an established evidence-based framework that provides insight into one’s treatment progress by way of measuring real-time improvement (or sometimes not) in symptomatology (Scott & Lewis, 2015).
It has been used in behavioral health treatment settings to measure a broad range of symptoms from depression, anxiety, and trauma to name a few; with results reviewed by the client and clinician to assess how well one is responding to certain interventions. Indeed, researchers have found that this feedback process has intervention properties which triggers positive change in a high percentage of patient encounters. This is achieved through the very process of symptom monitoring, improving communication between patient and clinician, and effecting patient changes in self-efficacy and quality of life (Aboraya A;Nasrallah HA;Elswick DE;Ahmed E;Estephan N;Aboraya D;Berzingi S;Chumbers J;Berzingi S;Justice J;Zafar J;Dohar S, 2018).
With such promising evidence supporting MBC’s effectiveness with our client population and with a demonstrated ability to improve treatment retention and related outcomes (Miller et al., 2017), how could we resist?
In addition to providing our residential program with the tools necessary to measure a person's symptoms, Vista Research Group's innovative platform also integrates an alarming mechanism that alerts our clinicians to critical client reports of self-harming thoughts.