J. Becnel, S. Ray, T. Wolf, Tracy Lotten, Joshua Williams, J. J. Detiège, W. Gable
SUMMARY The New Orleans Patient Tracking System is a software system on an INFORMIX platform which operates in a UNIX environment on dual Data General file servers. The system networks 15 alcohol and drag treatment service delivery units and four central intake units, two of which are located in criminal justice agencies. These agencies are linked through a wide area network based on primary rate interface and integrated system digital network communications technology. This management information system supports centralized intake, standardized assessment, slot management, patient-program matching, patient tracking and self-corrective program evaluation for the network of drug treatment providers. These system features are discussed in detail.
{"title":"The New Orleans patient tracking system (PTS): data management for a network of community-based alcohol and drug treatment providers","authors":"J. Becnel, S. Ray, T. Wolf, Tracy Lotten, Joshua Williams, J. J. Detiège, W. Gable","doi":"10.1300/J407V14N03_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V14N03_05","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The New Orleans Patient Tracking System is a software system on an INFORMIX platform which operates in a UNIX environment on dual Data General file servers. The system networks 15 alcohol and drag treatment service delivery units and four central intake units, two of which are located in criminal justice agencies. These agencies are linked through a wide area network based on primary rate interface and integrated system digital network communications technology. This management information system supports centralized intake, standardized assessment, slot management, patient-program matching, patient tracking and self-corrective program evaluation for the network of drug treatment providers. These system features are discussed in detail.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"833 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128242051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Krepcho, Bryan J. Marks, D. Garnett, L. Snell, L. Olson
{"title":"Dallas target cities safety network management information system","authors":"M. Krepcho, Bryan J. Marks, D. Garnett, L. Snell, L. Olson","doi":"10.1300/J407V14N03_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V14N03_03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132058221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SUMMARY The Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, Ohio) implemented a five-year Target Cities project in 1993 funded by the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Three central intake sites provide rapid assessment, referral, and care management. Project operations are supported by a centralized information system, providing business and clinical records applications and slot management and client tracking in a network of 30 providers. A PC-based comprehensive assessment instrument, providing a diagnosis and level of care recommendationand a narrative summaryis also available. These systems also provide research data for local and national Target Cities evaluation efforts and promote local readiness for managed care technology. A telecommunicationssystem also assists in the management of client care. Systems development is described and lessons learned are offered.
{"title":"Development and use of information systems in the Cleveland target cities demonstration project","authors":"R. S. Kaye, R. Stephens, Huey-tsyh Chen, W. Bruno","doi":"10.1300/J407V14N03_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V14N03_02","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, Ohio) implemented a five-year Target Cities project in 1993 funded by the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Three central intake sites provide rapid assessment, referral, and care management. Project operations are supported by a centralized information system, providing business and clinical records applications and slot management and client tracking in a network of 30 providers. A PC-based comprehensive assessment instrument, providing a diagnosis and level of care recommendationand a narrative summaryis also available. These systems also provide research data for local and national Target Cities evaluation efforts and promote local readiness for managed care technology. A telecommunicationssystem also assists in the management of client care. Systems development is described and lessons learned are offered.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129929614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reynold Branche, N. Barron, M. Rumptz, Elinor M. Dempsey, Norma D. Jaeger
SUMMARY The Portland Target City Project has implemented a comprehensive management information system that creates a wide area network linking central intake and all service delivery units in the public alcohol and drug treatment system. This system provides the infrastructure to facilitate automated client assessment, referral, and service tracking. Using Client/Server technology with extensive graphical elements, the information system also supports management and planning for the overall treatment system, Medicaid managed care efforts, and extensive program evaluation efforts.
{"title":"Management information system development for the substance abuse treatment system: the Portland target city experience","authors":"Reynold Branche, N. Barron, M. Rumptz, Elinor M. Dempsey, Norma D. Jaeger","doi":"10.1300/J407V14N03_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V14N03_06","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The Portland Target City Project has implemented a comprehensive management information system that creates a wide area network linking central intake and all service delivery units in the public alcohol and drug treatment system. This system provides the infrastructure to facilitate automated client assessment, referral, and service tracking. Using Client/Server technology with extensive graphical elements, the information system also supports management and planning for the overall treatment system, Medicaid managed care efforts, and extensive program evaluation efforts.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"131 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122124403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SUMMARY The Detroit Target City project was developed on a previously existing central intake system. The management information system, developed using a terminal-host model with a character based user interface, supports client treatment matching, treatment slot management, and case management tools. In addition to describing the system and its development lessons learned in the creation and implementation of the system are discussed.
{"title":"Development of the Detroit target cities management information system","authors":"J. R. Thompson, T. C. Tucker, P. Zold-Kilbourn","doi":"10.1300/J407V14N03_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V14N03_04","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The Detroit Target City project was developed on a previously existing central intake system. The management information system, developed using a terminal-host model with a character based user interface, supports client treatment matching, treatment slot management, and case management tools. In addition to describing the system and its development lessons learned in the creation and implementation of the system are discussed.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115176913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT A brief description of the COMPSYCH Software Information Service is provided. This includes a statement of the overall purpose and current goals of COMPSYCH, an outline of the specific services and types of information provided, and a set of instructions for electronic access and use of the service.
{"title":"A General Introduction to the COMPSYCH Software Information Service","authors":"P. Hornby","doi":"10.1300/J407V13N04_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V13N04_02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A brief description of the COMPSYCH Software Information Service is provided. This includes a statement of the overall purpose and current goals of COMPSYCH, an outline of the specific services and types of information provided, and a set of instructions for electronic access and use of the service.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127790161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WWW SITE REVIEWS","authors":"J. Grohol","doi":"10.1300/J407V14N02_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V14N02_06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114577495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT Military veterans in a residential program for home-lessness and substance dependence (n = 161) received education regarding Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) via interactive videodisc or a didactic class. Knowledge about AIDS and STDs increased with both methods, with no difference found between methods for either course. Similarly, with both methods, attitude ratings reflected some increased tolerance towards persons with AIDS. Participants rated both courses highly, with no clear preference indicated for either method. Although some problems exist with interactive multimedia technology (e.g., variable quality of software), it appears to be a viable method for educating high-risk patients about AIDS and STDs.
{"title":"Using Interactive Multimedia to Educate High-Risk Patients About AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases","authors":"A. L. Seidner, T. A. Burling, G. D. Marshall","doi":"10.1300/J407V13N04_01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V13N04_01","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Military veterans in a residential program for home-lessness and substance dependence (n = 161) received education regarding Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) via interactive videodisc or a didactic class. Knowledge about AIDS and STDs increased with both methods, with no difference found between methods for either course. Similarly, with both methods, attitude ratings reflected some increased tolerance towards persons with AIDS. Participants rated both courses highly, with no clear preference indicated for either method. Although some problems exist with interactive multimedia technology (e.g., variable quality of software), it appears to be a viable method for educating high-risk patients about AIDS and STDs.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129870268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer-Based Testing in Social Work Education: A Preliminary Exploration","authors":"J. Sieppert, Judy L. Krysik","doi":"10.1300/J407V13N01_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V13N01_03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133680914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT Hypermedia computer-based educational software allows for user-directeds non-linear, exploration of the informational content of an educational program. Data from an empirical evaluation of a hypermedia educational program (Hyper Axis II) were used in the development of a procedure for generation of three-dimensional maps of hypermedia informational space utilization. This procedure, which we refer to as hypermedia utilization mapping, represents a means by which software developers and instructors can view users' cumulative interaction with the educational content of hypermedia. Applications of the hypermedia utilization mapping in hypermedia software development, teaching, and human services information systems are presented.
{"title":"Mappping Hypermedia Informational Space Utilization","authors":"D. Patterson, Myung-Shin Lee, Eric Evers","doi":"10.1300/J407V13N01_01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J407V13N01_01","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Hypermedia computer-based educational software allows for user-directeds non-linear, exploration of the informational content of an educational program. Data from an empirical evaluation of a hypermedia educational program (Hyper Axis II) were used in the development of a procedure for generation of three-dimensional maps of hypermedia informational space utilization. This procedure, which we refer to as hypermedia utilization mapping, represents a means by which software developers and instructors can view users' cumulative interaction with the educational content of hypermedia. Applications of the hypermedia utilization mapping in hypermedia software development, teaching, and human services information systems are presented.","PeriodicalId":422385,"journal":{"name":"Computers in Human Services","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122337600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}