THE POLARIS-YOUTH ADVANTAGE

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Polaris-Youth is directly responsive to the needs of the stakeholders in the treatment process.

Youth and Families

• Helps determine the appropriate type and intensity of services needed
• Facilitates family and adolescent participation in treatment planning and monitoring
• Requires minimal time to complete the assessment

Clinicians

• Provides a profile of adolescent and family strengths as well as symptoms
• Establishes the need for initial and ongoing treatment and measures progress throughout treatment
• Documents clinical history/current severity of the adolescent as well as motivation for obstacles to treatment
• Screens for chemical dependency and critical signs
• Supports strength-based treatment

Office Staff

• Requires minimal training to use system software, and does not significantly increase work load
• Includes software tools for the efficient management of data collection

Program Managers & Administrators

• Obtain standardized, reliable, severity adjusted outcomes data
• System is designed to support meaningful treatment program evaluation and continuous quality improvement initiatives
• Allows for use of aggregate data to respond to payers, accreditation requirements, and for proposals
• Highlights effectiveness of counselors with specific types of adolescents

Payors

• Can enhance, and reduce the staff time required for, utilization review
• Receive standardized and clinically relevant information about program performance
• Are able to document the quality of the care that they purchase

To find out more about the benefits your practice will realize by using Polaris-Youth contact moreinfo@polarishealth.com.

We are committed to helping you succeed in improving the mental health treatment outcomes of the youth you serve.

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