by eSkyCity | Aug 3, 2020 | Horizon Health, MHO, Rachel Nowlin
Self-efficacy is a key component of recovery and patients’ ability to tackle daily life. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO explores outcomes data for insights into how well behavioral health facilities are fostering a sense of self-efficacy and independence in...
by eSkyCity | Jul 2, 2020 | MHO, Sarah Brown
Picking the right clinical assessment outcomes tool to assist in treatment planning and monitoring program performance can be a challenge, especially when balancing the practical and ideal. Often in a push for efficiency, providers select a tool with a narrow...
by eSkyCity | Jun 15, 2020 | Jessica Kosine, MHO
The rate of tobacco use amongst psychiatric inpatients continues to be several multiples higher than the rate of the general population. This month, MHO dives into inpatient tobacco use rates, how those patients fare in treatment, and potential steps toward improving...
by eSkyCity | May 18, 2020 | Chief Development Officer, Rick Prall
Growing up as a boy in Staten Island, NY, my father was someone who loved to be in the outdoors, despite our city life existence. He was always planning family camping trips in the summer for my mother, sister, brother and I. What great memories I have of trips to...
by eSkyCity | May 1, 2020 | James Holland, MHO
With so much emphasis on drivers of patient satisfaction within a facility’s control, a common question MHO receives is whether patient characteristics are influencing satisfaction. This month, MHO examines the relationship between diagnosis and patient...
by eSkyCity | Apr 21, 2020 | Christy Kenitzer
These days Mental Health has taken on a whole other meaning as COVID-19 has changed the rhythm of our daily lives—Just. Like. That! With little preparation, life as we knew it was cancelled and substituted by a stay-at-home, shelter-in-place way of existence. Jobs...
by eSkyCity | Apr 3, 2020 | MHO, Sarah Brown
Participating in step-down outpatient care following an inpatient stay is important for maintaining gains made during the inpatient stay. This month, MHO takes a look at how patient satisfaction may be able to help boost the number of patients that participate in...
by eSkyCity | Mar 17, 2020 | Dan McCarthy, Vice President of Development
Find a penny pick it up, the rest the day you’ll have good luck. What are some of my crazy superstitions? Wearing my shamrock pants for a Notre Dame football game; taking a nap and having pasta before one of my own basketball games; never ever using a green...
by eSkyCity | Feb 29, 2020 | Jessica Kosine, MHO
Depression severity does not seem to be impacted by seasonality and instead varies by demographics. Outcomes data clearly show facilities can help patients resolve to take care of themselves whether snow, rain, sleet or shine!
by eSkyCity | Feb 15, 2020 | Christy Kenitzer, Horizon Health
DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU? DO YOU HAVE A SOURCE OF JOY IN YOUR LIFE? DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF PEACE TODAY? How would you answer these questions? One health system started...
