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Mental Health Client Management Interface (CMI) & Operational Data Store (ODS)
Overview
The CMI (Client Management Interface) and ODS (Operational Data Store) Mental Health applications were developed as part of the ‘Review of Acute and Psychiatric Information Directions’ (RAPID) Project in 2000.
These applications were designed to enable capture, management and access to a state-wide centralised information system required by mental health practitioners, the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist (OCP), the Mental Health Review Board (MHRB) and Department of Human Services.
The key aims of CMI/ODS system are to:
- Meet the clinical management information needs of Area Mental Health Services (AMHS) through a whole-of-service record of client activity
- Enable the sharing of essential data on clients between service providers on a state-wide basis
- Provide an interface between the CMI & ODS enabling the allocation of a unique psychiatric record number for each person on registration
- Enable the sharing of non-client related data between service providers and the Department
- Facilitate the OCP & MHRB in performing their statutory functions
- Provide a state-wide routine outcome measurement tool for clinical mental health services.
The CMI is distributed state-wide, and is in production at the following agencies:
- North Western Mental Health (Melbourne Health, Northern Health and Western Health)
- Forensicare
- The Bouverie Centre
- Austin Health
- Alfred Health
- Eastern Health
- Mercy Health
- Peninsula Health
- Royal Children’s
- Southern Health
- St Vincent's Health
- Ballarat Health
- Barwon Health
- Bendigo Health
- Goulbourn Valley Health
- Latrobe Regional Hospital
- Mildura Base Hospital
- South West Healthcare
- Northeast Victoria Mental Health Service (Wangaratta and Wodonga Regional Health Service)
CMI/ODS Release Schedule
CMI/ODS Release 3.4
Release 3.4 introduced substantial changes to the existing CMI application. These changes were required to assist Mental Health enforce the national OM protocol and link service setting, age group and collection occasion with the relevant measures.
Background and purpose
The measurement of consumer outcomes in public mental health services is a key mental health priority for both State and Commonwealth Governments. Reporting of outcomes data to the Commonwealth is a requirement of the Australian Health Care Agreement.
Similarly, the Department of Human Services requires all clinical mental health services to collect outcome measures using the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) protocol. Services are responsible for ensuring the integrity, quality and timeliness of outcome measurement (OM) data. The ultimate aim of collecting OM is to apply the information to improve and enhance mental health services for consumers.
Release 3.4 - Key functional changes included:
- New ‘Task’ and ‘Outcome Measures’ functionality
- New ‘Task Summary; Detail & Enquiry’ screens & reports
- Introduction of ‘Automatic Tasks’ for Outcome Measurement (OM)
- Change to current business rules around Inpatient & Community episodes (episode triggers auto tasks)
- Linking of OM Setting, Tasks & Outcome Measures
- Changes to current CMI functionality – i.e. Admissions; Residential Placement and Case Summary
- Change the Outcome Measurement/Wellbeing screen to incorporate the new rules for Outcome Measurement requirements
- Enhance the current Outcome Measures Entry function to improve the efficiency of the Outcome Measures entry and reporting
- Amend the Outcome Measurement function to allow for entry of Outcome Measurements and Wellbeing Measurements
- Create new reports for Consumer Outcome Measures to enable printing of graphs to enhance clinical practice and engagement of consumers in treatment.
- Data migration work to enable existing OM data to be linked to new task & charting functionality
Release 3.4 was implemented across Victoria on 25 September 2008.
CMI/ODS Release 4.0
Release 4.0 will allow the Mental Health and Drugs Division to implement a triage minimum data set.
Background and purpose
Mental health triage is provided for all potential consumers (or people seeking assistance on behalf of a person thought to have a mental illness) at the first point of contact with mental health services. Triage may also be used for assessment of current and former consumers who make unplanned contact with the mental health service. Triage is a clinical function. The role of the triage clinician is to conduct a preliminary assessment of whether a person is likely to have a mental illness or disorder, and the nature and urgency of the response required.
Release 4.0 - Key functional changes included:
- Addition of two new fields - Preferred Language and Interpreter Required to Primary Carer information in Client Registration
- Addition of Edit Mask to Duration field in several functions that capture contact data
- Additional flexibility for System Administrator role (edit ISP/Review records)
- Improve display layout for Task Summary screen (ability to view more client detail)
- Change to Risk Assessment 'Comments' field (allow for more client detail to be captured)
- Additional search criteria to Task Enquiry function
- New suite of reports on Registered Contact Data (will enable sites to more closely monitor data quality)
- Ability to capture Offered/Refused for SDQ's same as BASIS 32 OM's.
- Modifications to Screening Register and Assessment functions in line with triage dataset
The CMI application code was also migrated to PowerBuilder v11.5 as part of Release 4.0.
Release 4.0 was implemented across Victoria on 23 April 2009.
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