Evidence for a determination-based assessment is collected by recording answers to questionnaires. These answers are usually collected from the client being assessed. Some agencies prefer to get a third party opinion on the problem that the client is being assessed for. This decision depends on the factor that the client is being assessed and/or the program. For example, a questionnaire that is used for determining the severity of a medical condition can be sent to the doctor, to get an independent view of the situation. The Multiple Sources indicator is used to identify assessments for which evidence from a third party may be required. When set to true, the Third Party Request functionality will be available for a determination-based assessment.
After recording answers from a third party, a single answer value has to be chosen to be used in the decision making process. The Automatic Consolidation indicator is used to control whether this consolidation is done manually by the user, or by the system. Where the indicator is set, the system automatically picks up the latest answer provided. If the indicator is not set, the user will be required to select the answer to use in decision making.