1. Are we as effective as other clinics in treating depressed patients with anger problems?
2. Do Medicare patients have more intense symptoms than do matched patients with private insurance coverage?
3. How many "yellow page" referrals did we have last year compared to this year?
4. Do individuals with personality disorders have rates of recovery from depression or anxiety which differ from non-personality-disordered patients?
Answers to each of those questions can guide the planning, assist in marketing, and improve the effectiveness of clinical practice. Results can be focused on very specific questions, such as a particular diagnosis or a particular medication question, or they can be more inclusive, as the analyzer has "wildcard" features for diagnoses, for example, find all cases in which axis I diagnoses starting with 296 were assigned and where an SSRI has been given. The result is presented as an analysis per therapist, per clinic, or per set of clinics. Using simple pop-up menus, the Analyzer allows patients to be selected from combinations of mental status descriptors, keywords, sex, diagnoses (axis I,II,& V), medications, age ranges, insurance companies, and therapy modalities. The Analyzer conducts data searches, counts, mail merges, and regression analyses of patients meeting the specified parameters. There is also an "export" button which allows the data from all clients meeting the search specification to be gathered and formatted into a tab delimited text file that can then be read by spread sheets or statistical programs for further, more rigorous analysis. There has never been an easier way to analyze a practice or a problem area. The Aggregate Analyzer makes every practicing clinic into a research facility.
