1. Dr. Steve Weatherbee
eCenter Research
steve@ecenterresearch.com
Financial contribution from
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2. Key System Benefits
 Increase organizational efficiency
 Target treatment to client needs
 Monitor client progress
 Improve care coordination
 Monitor program effectiveness
 Generate quarterly/annual reports

3. Increase Organizational Efficiency
 Common system functions
 Web based anytime access/any device
 One source record for each client
 Common client information
 Consistent format of information
 Customize to meet Centre data needs

4. Target Treatment to Client Needs
 Standardized intake protocol
 Validated multivariate assessment
 Mental health and addiction combined
 Culturally relevant (adaptation in progress)
 Treatment Planning Tool (coming soon)

5. Monitor Client Progress
 Follow up assessment
 Progress monitoring reports
 Case notes / Client files
 Adapt treatment plan / review impact
 After care monitoring

6. Improve Care Coordination
 Common referral process
 Electronic sharing of key information
 Transfer/sharing of client records
 Continuity of care (inpatient-outpatient-aftercare)
 Early detection of relapse

7. Monitor Program Effectiveness
 Aggregate client outcomes data
 Real-time reporting
 Advanced filtering
 Guide improvement decisions

8. Generate Quarterly/Annual Reports
 Real-time analytics
 Instant report generation
 Accommodate different funding sources

9. AMIS System Navigation
 AMIS Design - Flexible
 Support - HelpDesk
 Menus - Tools
 Tabs - Grids - Action buttons
 Advanced Reporting – Filters

10. AMIS System Demo
 Client records – demographics-settings
 Assessments - Forms - Reports
 Referral functions
 Monitoring client progress
 Reviewing program effectiveness
 Location settings
 Instant quarterly and annual reports

11. Drug Use Screening Inventory
(DUSI-R)

12. STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3
DQS
SHORTFORM
DUSI-R
3 Minutes 7 Minutes 20 Minutes
TIME
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

13. The DUSI-R Quick Screen (DQS)
• Three age-versions of the DUSI-R Quick Screen
severity of substance use AND RELATED
PROBLEMS during early, middle and late
adolescence.
Two Indexes
• Substance Use Involvement Index and
• Problem severity Index

14. Substance Use Involvement Index

15. Problem Severity Index

16. DQS Instant Screening Results

17. Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI-R)
Basic Scales (problem severity 0 – 100%)
Substance Use Family System
Behavior Problems School Performance
Health Status Work Adjustment
Psychiatric Disturbance Peer Affiliation
Social Skills Leisure/Recreation

18. Drug Use Screening Inventory
Overall Problem Density Score 0-100%
+6 Ancillary Scales
• Anxiety
• Depression
• ADHD
• SUD
• CD
• Violence Proneness

19. DOMAIN 1A
Substance Topology
• Type of Substances
• Frequency

20. DOMAIN 1B
Substance Use Consequences
• Motivation (craving) (1)
• Tolerance (2)
• Loss of Control (3,16)
• Social Disruption (6,24)
–Legal
–Injury
–Emotion
• Dependence (12, 18)

21. DOMAIN 2
Behavior Patterns
• Dysregulation (28,23,25,28,29,30,31)
• Social isolation (26,34,35)
• Interpersonal hypersensivity
– Anger (17,27)
– Aggression (19,20,27,32)

22. DOMAIN 3
Health Status
Frequent health problems associated with
substance use and psychiatric disorder
• Disease (46,47)
•Injury (39)
•Illness (41,42,43,44,46,47)
•HIV Risk (45)

23. DOMAIN 4
Mental Health Disorder
• Antisociality (49,50,51)
• ADHD (52,53,54,55)
• Affect (D&A) (56-64, 67)
• Paranoia (63-66)
• Mania (68)

24. DOMAIN 5
Social Competence
• Relationship formation (71,72,73,77,82,83)
• Assertive (73,74,79)
• Help seeking (75)
• Refusal (76,80)
• Compliment acceptance (81)

25. DOMAIN 6
Family System
• Substance use (55,86)
• Antisociality (87)
• Dyadic interactions quality (Dysfunction)
• Conflict (88,93)
• Cohesion (89)
• Engagement/investment (90,92,94,95,96,97)
• Boundaries/rules (91)
• Threats (98)

26. DOMAIN 7
School Problems
• Likes school (100)
• Performance/grades (101,102,103,104)
• Compliance (103,106,108,112,118)
• Adjustment (110,111,119)
• Dropout risk (105)
• Perceived danger (113)

27. DOMAIN 8
Work Adjustment
• Firing (122, 125, 128)
• Interpersonal Adjustment (121,124,127,129)
• Job seeking skills (125)
• Illegal Work (126)

28. DOMAIN 9
Peer Relationships
• Peer drug use/dealing (132,133,139,140)
• Non-drug antisociality (134,136,138,141)
• Older friends (137)
• Gang (142)
• Adjustment problems (143,144,145)

29. DOMAIN 10
Leisure and Recreation
• Active activities (147,151,158)
• Passive activities (149,152)
• Adult supervision (148,150)
• Boredom (153)
• Solitary activity (154,156)

30. Why use the DUSI-R?
1. Comprehensive
• 16 scales
2. Efficient
• 20 minutes to administer, and immediate automatic scoring
3. Pragmatic
• measures problems that can be resolved
4. Ranks Problems Severity on a Common Metric of 0-100%
• intervention can be tailored to the magnitude of each problem
5. Improves Staff Decision Making
• Treatment plan, monitor change, relapse prevention

31. Why use the DUSI-R?
6. Resources Management
• Informs resource needed for prevention and treatment
7. Outcomes Monitoring
• Tracking client’s progress
8. Program Evaluation
• Document magnitude of benefit and cost-effectiveness.
9. Client Motivation/Engagement
• Form partnership with client to catalyze empowerment
10. Brief, Short, and Full Versions are available

32. Prioritizing Intervention Modalities

33. Monitoring Patient Response to Tx

34. Patient Response to Tx

35. Tx Plan Adaptation –
Changing Needs/Priorities

36. Post–Treatment Gains Sustained,
Monitor Risk for Relapse

37. Population Profile – Multivariate
Needs

38. Population Profile – Substance Use

39. Population Profile –
Substance Use Reduction

40. Population Profile – Mental Health

41. Population Profile – Adverse
Outcomes

42. Population Profile – Reduction of
Likelihood of Disorder by age 19, 22

43. Population Profile – Reduction of Risk
for Adverse Outcomes

44. Through technology,
patient-centered clinical practice
and case management are
efficiently coordinated
by the DUSI-R

45. Publications
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